{"id":487,"date":"2018-01-05T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=487"},"modified":"2018-01-05T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T11:23:59","slug":"disable-app-uninstall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, Windows 10 offers a number of methods to uninstall apps. These include PowerShell, the Settings app and the classic Control Panel app. In addition, the new Start menu pane in Windows 10 has the <b>App Uninstall<\/b> context menu command for apps to remove apps quickly.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/windows-10-app-uninstall-from-start-menu.png\" alt=\"windows 10 app uninstall from start menu\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is possible to restrict access to this command for certain users and hide it from the context menu. Here is how it can be configured.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open <b>Registry Editor<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to the following Registry key:<br \/>\n<b><i>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer<\/i><\/b><br \/>\nIf you do not have such a key, then just create it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/windows-10-create-key-to-restrict-app-uninstall-from-start-menu.png\" alt=\"windows 10 create key to restrict app uninstall from start menu\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, create a new 32-bit DWORD value <b>NoUninstallFromStart<\/b>.<br \/>\nSet it to 1 to disable the context menu command.\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: Sign out from your user account to apply the change. This will remove the Uninstall command from the context menu of Start in Windows 10. This change will only be applied to the current user account.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 5*: To disable the context menu for all users of your PC, ensure that you are signed in as <b>Administrator<\/b> before proceeding. After that, go to the following Registry key:<br \/>\n<b><i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Create the same value here, <b>NoUninstallFromStart<\/b> as described at STEP 3.<br \/>\nRestart Windows 10 to apply the restriction.\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-05T11:23:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-app-uninstall-from-start-menu.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"566\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AndrewWise911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/\",\"name\":\"How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-05T11:23:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-05T11:23:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/disable-app-uninstall\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Disable App Uninstall From the Start Menu in Windows 10\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\",\"name\":\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"description\":\"Just another Security News site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\",\"name\":\"Andrew Wise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Wise\"},\"description\":\"Andrew is just a guy who uses computers every day, and hates if troubles come into his life. 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