From a42f0395cfc91ba03749bb5d450c52471e87d2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeanie Decker <jdecker@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:01:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merged PR 5385: Add section on removing default pinned apps
 from Taskbar

---
 ...change-history-for-configure-windows-10.md |  3 ++-
 .../configure-windows-10-taskbar.md           | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/windows/configuration/change-history-for-configure-windows-10.md b/windows/configuration/change-history-for-configure-windows-10.md
index 26d0466e4a..d75c7edf1e 100644
--- a/windows/configuration/change-history-for-configure-windows-10.md
+++ b/windows/configuration/change-history-for-configure-windows-10.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.sitesec: library
 ms.pagetype: security
 ms.localizationpriority: high
 author: jdeckerms
-ms.date: 01/02/2018
+ms.date: 01/18/2018
 ---
 
 # Change history for Configure Windows 10
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ New or changed topic | Description
 --- | ---
 [ConnectivityProfiles](wcd/wcd-connectivityprofiles.md) | Added settings for VPN **Native** and **Third Party** profile types.
 [Start layout XML for desktop editions of Windows 10 (reference)](start-layout-xml-desktop.md) | Clarified that the TopMFUApps elements in layoutmodification.xml are not supported in Windows 10, version 1709.
+ [Configure Windows 10 taskbar](configure-windows-10-taskbar.md) | Added section for removing default apps from the taskbar.
 
 ## November 2017
 
diff --git a/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md b/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md
index 04acdd51b3..d9d1fb1a2d 100644
--- a/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md
+++ b/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.mktglfcycl: manage
 ms.sitesec: library
 author: jdeckerms
 ms.localizationpriority: high
-ms.date: 10/16/2017
+ms.date: 01/18/2018
 ---
 # Configure Windows 10 taskbar
 
@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ If you only want to remove some of the default pinned apps, you would use this m
 
 ![Taskbar with default apps removed](images/taskbar-default-removed.png)
 
+## Remove default apps
+
+By adding `PinListPlacement="Replace"` to `<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>`, you remove all default pinned apps.
+
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<LayoutModificationTemplate
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
+    xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
+    xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
+    xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
+    Version="1">
+  <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
+    <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
+      <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
+        <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="#leaveempty"/>
+      </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
+    </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
+  </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
+</LayoutModificationTemplate>
+
+```
+
 ## Configure taskbar by country or region
 
 The following example shows you how to configure taskbars by country or region. When the layout is applied to a computer, if there is no `<TaskbarPinList>` node with a region tag for the current region, the first `<TaskbarPinList>` node that has no specified region will be applied. When you specify one or more countries or regions in a `<TaskbarPinList>` node, the specified apps are pinned on computers configured for any of the specified countries or regions.