Snip & Sketch (previously known as Screen Sketch) is replacing the classic Snipping Tool. The new Snip & Sketch not only helps you take screen snips but also annotate and share them.
While Snip & Sketch is slightly better than the Snipping Tool as far as features are concerned, it lacks several essential features that you find in third-party free screen snipping utilities. Tools like Greenshot and PicPick are certainly better than the Snip & Sketch app in Windows 10.
If you are using a third-party screen capturing tool on your Windows 10 PC, you might want to uninstall the default Snip & Sketch app.
In this guide, we will see how to uninstall the Snip & Sketch app in Windows 10.
NOTE: If you want to start using the Snip & Sketch app again in the future, you can get it from the Windows Store.
Method 1 of 2
Uninstall Snip & Sketch via PowerShell
Step 1: Run PowerShell with admin rights. To do that, right-click on Start button on the taskbar and then click Windows PowerShell (admin) option.
Click Yes button when you get the UAC prompt.
Step 2: In the PowerShell window, type Get-AppxPackage and then press Enter key to list out all the apps installed on your PC.
Locate Snip & Sketch app entry and copy its PackageFullName.
Step 3: Execute the following command to uninstall Screen Sketch:
Get-AppxPackage PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
In the above command, replace PackageFullName with the actual PackageFullName that you copied in the previous step.
If you are having issues with this method, use the directions in Method 2 of this guide.
Method 2 of 2
Uninstall Snip & Sketch using CCleaner
Step 1: Download CCleaner for Windows 10 and install the same on your PC. If you don’t want to install an additional software, you may download the portable version.
Step 2: Run CCleaner and navigate to Tools > Uninstall.
Step 3: Look for Snip & Sketch entry. Select its entry and then click Uninstall button. Click OK button when you get the confirmation dialog to uninstall the Snip & Sketch app.
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