You must install some features from the Programs and Features window in Control Panel instead.

you might also use theEnable-WindowsOptionalFeatureorDisable-WindowsOptionalFeaturecommands.

you’re able to also remove features that are installed by default.

A laptop running Windows 11.

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Here’s how to do it, graphically or from the command line.

In this article, we’ll start with the configs app and the Control Panel app.

For most of your feature-related needs, you won’t need to use anything besides these two apps.

A menu listing the installed features.

Where to Find Optional Features in the parameters App

The first method involves using the parameters app.

Open configs and then click “Apps” from the left-side menu.

Then, select “Optional Features” from the list on the right.

The Programs and Features menu in the Control Panel app showing a list of installed programs.

You’ll end up in a menu that shows your installed features and an option to add more features.

Here, you’ll see a list of all your installed programs and features.

you’re free to uninstall, make changes, or repair many of them from this menu.

The Windows Features menu showing a list of on and off features.

This is similar to how you wouldfind the same window on a Windows 10 PC.

This window is called “Windows Features.”

This is the Start menu.

Red arrows pointing to the Windows button on the Taskbar and the Settings app in the main menu.

Here, you should see the prefs app pinned to this window.

There are check boxes next to each one.

To confirm the installation, pick the “Install” button at the bottom of the window.

Red arrow pointing to the View Features button in the Settings app.

You’re now ready to use your new feature to your heart’s content!

In the list of “Installed Features”, pick the one you want to uninstall.

poke the “Uninstall” button and that feature will be removed.

A pop-up window listing the features you can add to your PC.

The options that can appear are “Uninstall,” “Change,” and “Repair.”

With that said, you may not see all three of these options for all programs and features.

The “Uninstall” option is guaranteed to appear.

A pop-up window showing what feature will be installed.

Use the “Uninstall” option to remove a program or feature.

From here, click “Terminal (Admin).”

In the Settings app, the Windows Storage Management feature is being instaled.

Red arrows pointing to a feature and its “Uninstall” button in the Settings app.

Clicking on a feature in Control Panel and seeing options for it.

Red arrow pointing at the search result in the Windows Start menu that leads to the Windows Features window of the Control Panel app.

Button that opens the “Windows Features” window at the bottom of the Settings app.

Red arrow pointing to “Terminal (Admin)” in the secret Start menu.

Using a command line to disable a feature in Terminal.

Using a command line to enable a feature in Terminal.