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Microsoft Allows Users To Remove Some System Applications in Windows 10 Insider Preview 14936 (ghacks.net)

Posted by msmash on from the good-riddance dept.

Until now, Microsoft restricted users from deleting many of the system applications on Windows 10. But it is finally giving users that option in the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview -- 14936. From an article on Ghacks:If you open the Mail and Calendar application for instance, you will notice that the uninstall button is active now. This means that you can remove the system app from the machine without having to resort to Powershell or third-party programs to do so. Users who are on the stable version of Windows 10 cannot uninstall system apps using the apps & features menu currently. It seems likely that Microsoft will introduce the feature with the next feature update, codename Redstone 2, which will be out in 2017. Before you start jumping up and down in joy, note that some system applications cannot be removed. While you can uninstall Mail and Calendar, Calculator, Groove Music, Maps, and Weather, you cannot remove Alarm & Clock, Camera, Cortana, Messaging, and others.

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  1. Still trying... by mindwhip · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...to figure out why my PC needs an alarm clock or camera app... sure these are useful on a phone but on my desktop they really are not useful.

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    1. Re:Still trying... by houstonbofh · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Still trying to figure out what you need to shoehorn a phone interface on my desktop and make it difficult to change it. But I think they are getting the point... Otherwise we would not be seeing this now.

  2. Lemme guess by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's all those apps that everyone who wanted to remove already removed because the guides how to do it with power shell are all over the internet.

    What about:

    Contact Support
    Cortana
    Edge
    Feedback

    ?

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    1. Re:Lemme guess by spire3661 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They are NOT listening. If they were listening they never would have split the OS into two personalities. If they were listening, all administration functions would be part of the OS, not in an App. If they were listening i could still disable the Store.

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  3. Worthless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If Microsoft wants to be applauded for allowing to remove something, they could start by giving users an option to completely remove Metro and have Windows 10 set itself into Desktop mode where it shrinks all the wasted space and tiles and giant buttons that are worthless for people who don't need to use their fat fingers to select elements on a touchscreen.

  4. Wow, it's almost like the user owns their computer by JoeyRox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder what Microsoft will permit users to do next with their own system.