One of the good things about Windows 10, Is the array of built-In features that extend functionality to the operating system, without the need to opt for third-party tools. These are accessed In Control Panel, namely by selecting
Turn Windows features on or off. Not every feature Is needed and you may find that the ones you do require, are disabled by default. As such, In this tutorial, I will show you
how to add or remove Windows features In Windows 10.
Before I make a start, here's what I'm referring to. Navigate to
Control Panel >
Programs, and then click the
Turn Windows features on or off link as shown below.
You will then see quite a number of features that you can enable & disable, by selecting their respective checkbox.
Depending on your computing environment and overall usability, I can confidently say that you will
not use every feature that's already enabled as per It's default state. Moreover, you will have the need at some point, to enable those that're essential to the task at hand.
The process to
add or remove Windows features Is extremely simple, so without further delay, let's get this tutorial started.
Step One:
Firstly, open the
Run menu, enter
control panel and then hit
OK as shown below.
Step Two:
Next, make sure the
Category view Is selected, and then click on the
Programs link.
Step Three:
This Is where the Windows features will be accessed, by clicking on that very link, namely
Turn Windows features on or off.
Step Four:
You will now see all the entries. Those with a
check mark are
enabled and the ones with a
blank checkbox, are obviously
disabled. For the purpose of this tutorial, I will disable
Windows PowerShell 2.0 by unchecking both boxes as Illustrated below. To finalize the process, the
OK button must be clicked.
Step Five:
Windows will now begin to
remove the feature. Depending on the one you've selected, It can take anywhere from a few seconds, to a few minutes to complete. In this case,
Windows PowerShell only took around
10 seconds or so.
Last Step:
On completion, a message of
Windows completed the requested changes will be returned, so hit
Close. If you wish to
add the feature back, refer to
Step Four above and simply reverse the process by marking It's checkbox.
Final Thoughts:
It doesn't get much easier than this, does It? Do note that depending on the feature that you wish to remove, It may require a
system reboot, so be prepared by closing and (where applicable)
saving all active sessions. Generally speaking, the amount of time It takes to remove a given feature, Is also the same duration when adding It.
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