3 ways to delete the theme installed on Windows 10

On your Windows 10 computer, you install a whole bunch of themes and you want to delete any more useless themes to make room for the new themes you want to download. In the following article, Network Administrator will guide you 3 ways to view and delete themes or theme packages that you have installed on your Windows 10 computer.

Depending on the number and size of the wallpaper, the size of a theme can vary from a few MB to a few dozen MB. Therefore, if you have downloaded and installed dozens of themes from Store or other websites, you can delete those themes to free up memory space.

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1. Delete the installed theme via Settings on Windows 10

This solution only works on Windows 10 Creators Update (15014 or higher), or higher Windows 10 versions.

If you are using an older version of Windows 10, you can remove the installed theme via Control Panel or File Explorer.

Step 1:

Open the Settings application. Refer to some ways to open the Settings application on Windows 10 here.

On the Settings window, find and click on the Personalization icon, then click on Themes to see all the themes you have installed as well as the default themes.

Step 2:

To delete a theme, right-click the theme name, then select Delete .

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Note:

You cannot delete the theme currently applied on your Windows 10 computer. If you want to delete the current theme, you need to apply a different theme first.

In addition, you cannot delete the default theme via the Settings application.

2. Delete the installed theme through the Control Panel

Step 1:

Open the classic Control Panel application by entering Control Panel into the Search box on Start Menu or the Taskbar and pressing Enter.

Step 2:

On the Control Panel window, set the View by item to Small icons . Then find and click Personalization to open the Personalization window.

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Step 3:

Find any theme you want to delete here. Right-click the theme and then click Delete theme to remove the theme from your Windows 10 computer.

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Just like the Settings application, on the Personalization window you cannot delete the default themes on Windows 10.

3. Through File Explorer on Windows 10

Step 1:

Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run command window.

Step 2:

On the Run command window, enter the path below and press Enter to directly open Themes:

% localappdata% MicrosoftWindowsThemes

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Step 3:

Here, right-click the theme you want to delete, then click Delete .

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Note that the RoamedThemeFiles folder includes a synchronized background image if you are using the theme of syncing themes and wallpapers on Windows 10.

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. Instructions for setting up BIOS and UEFI passwords to protect data on your Windows 10 computer safely

1. Instructions for changing Windows passwords without having to remember the old password

1. Configure the "brain damage" PIN to log on to Windows 10

Good luck!