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pc-88
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Apr 17, 2025

Following up on a question I submitted last month - just want to confirm that the supported/safe time to remove provisioned apps from a newly-imaged Windows machine is after OOBE. Am I correct that it is not supported / recommended to remove provisioned apps before that?

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    EricMoe
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    Apr 17, 2025

    Yes, that is still our recommendation that this occur after OOBE.

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      pc-88
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      Apr 17, 2025

      EricMoe  And it is supported to remove apps even if they're marked as "system", i.e. Game Bar?

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        Jason_Sandys
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        Apr 17, 2025

        No, removing apps marked as System Components is not supported and may cause issues. I don't know if the Game Bar is actually a System Component though so may want to validate that (I don't have it on any of my devices to my knowledge).

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