Win X App Remover

Win X App Remover is a small program whose purpose is to help you remove modern UI applications from Windows 8, 8.1, 8.1.1 Update and Windows 10. The tool acts as a GUI for the Windows command-line program, so-called DISM.

Portable running mode

Taking into consideration that this is a portable utility, you can copy it on USB flash drives or other devices so you can easily carry it with you. Gaining access to its features requires only opening the executable file, because you do not have to go through an installation process.

Clean feature lineup

Win X App Remover reveals a well-structured suite of features but this does not mean that the GUI is particularly intuitive. There’s no support for a help manual, only a short description about the program’s main capabilities. You need to experiment a little bit with the built-in features in order to understand how it works.

Configuration settings

The application gives you the possibility to make changes to the Windows OS that is currently running or specify the path to an installed or mounted Windows. In case you want to edit WIM files, you need to mount them first to an empty folder.
After you edit the mounted Windows, you need to unmount it again. Based on a user-defined image, Win 8 App Remover shows a list with all installed applications. You can select the programs that you want to remove. You should pay extra attention to the utilities that you want to uninstall because you cannot reinstall them once removed from your system.
Other important features worth being mentioned enable you to show all mounted files and remove utilities, like Bing Finances, Bing Maps, Bing News, Bing Weather, PDF Reader, Zune Music, Zune Video, and others.

Final words

All in all, Win 8 App Remover does a good job when it comes to helping you get rid of pre-installed applications that you do not need and unclutter the Windows Start screen.