How to Uninstall Groove Music

By Timothy Tibbetts

on 07/18/2023

Groove Music is a preinstalled app in Windows 10 that you might want to uninstall. Unlike many built-in apps, you can't always search and right-click to uninstall Groove Music, but it is still easy to remove.

1: Uninstall From Apps & Features

Click on Start> Settings > Apps, and you'll be at the Apps & Features settings. Scroll down, find and click on Groove Music. The Uninstall button should appear.

3: Uninstall With PowerShell

Open PowerShell as admin.

Type in remove-AppxPackage (Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers|Where{$_.PackageFullName -match "ZuneMusic"}).PackageFullName. That should remove Groove, if not, try the step below.

We need to find your Groove version number and full name. Type in Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers.

Scroll down and find Name: Microsoft.ZuneMusic. Under PackageFullName you'll need to know the exact name. In our case, the full name was Microsoft.ZuneMusic_10.19031.11411.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.

Now type in remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic_10.19031.11411.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe replacing our numbers with yours.

You can also Remove Windows 10 Apps Using PowerShell individually.

4: Uninstall With a Third-Party App

One excellent choice is O&O AppBuster. O&O AppBuster has the advantage of letting you pick from different apps you want to remove and the ability to restore them should you change your mind later.

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