Removing the mail app from the taskbar

[supportman]

Does anyone have a quick way to remove the mail app and edge from the taskbar on new Windows 10 installs?

 

Edited June 26, 2019 by supportman

[Arthur]

There are two different ways you could do this.

 

1. Disable the "Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar" Group Policy setting. IIRC, this might only remove the Mail shortcut however.
    
   https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#10898
    
    
   
2. Create or edit a custom start/taskbar layout that replaces the default shortcuts shown on the taskbar with your own shortcuts. More details here:
    
   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar#remove-default-apps-and-add-your-own
    
   

       xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
      xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
      xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
      xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
      Version="1">
    
      
        
          
        
      
    
   

   
    
   

[william_tropico]

Do you use the Mail app? if not the following will remove/uninstall the App

 

Get-AppxPackage -allusers microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps| Remove-AppxPackage -allusers