How To Disable Microsoft Store On Windows 10 Home

System: Windows 10 Home 64 bit

I want to disable Microsoft Store. There is plenty of online info indicating use of the policy editor to disable this app. But Windows 10 Home does NOT have a policy editor. Any other way to disable store?
Thank you.

 

You can add Group Policy Editor to Windows 10 Home Edition.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/enable_group_policy_editor_in_windows_10_home_edition.html

 

Yes, GPEdit can be added. The harder way is switching to an LTSB/C version of Windows 10. However, this can come with some issues. I'm on 1809 LTSC and some software(s) require 1903 or higher and require a patch, or alternative replacement.

LTSB/C are store free and contain no Metro (WPF) applications.

After disabling the store (if you do) make sure to run 'dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase'. This will clean roughly 5GB or more, but you will not be able to revert updates.