Subj : Fed up with Microsofts default apps bloating Windows 11? Weve got
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Aug 18 2023 11:15:04

Fed up with Microsofts default apps bloating Windows 11? Weve got some good 
news

Date:
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:58:41 +0000

Description:
Want more storage space, and less menu clutter? Extra options are inbound to 
remove more of Windows 11s default apps.

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Windows 11 is set to give you the option to remove more of its default apps 
if you wish to streamline the operating system a bit. 

The ability to uninstall more of these so-called inbox apps (or core 
applications) is present in the latest preview build ( 25931 ) which has been 
released in the Canary channel (Microsofts earliest test builds). 

As of that build, you can now uninstall the default Photos app, People app, 
and Remote Desktop (MSTSC) client, as well as the Camera app (which you could 
already remove since preview builds in March, as The Verge , which spotted 
this, observes). 

Furthermore, Cortana can now be dropped from Windows 11 following the 
official deprecation of the digital assistant, as we recently reported . 

Cortana being swept away is part of preparing the ground for the arrival of 
the Windows Copilot AI  possibly later this year with the Windows 11 23H2 
update  so that case is a little bit different. Analysis: Expect more of this 
going forward 

Its useful to have the ability to trim away these default apps. Even though 
they arent huge in size, if you never use them, you can save a bit of storage 
space, and streamline your system in general. Also, you wont have to look at 
pointless programs when scrolling through your lists of apps in Windows 11 
menus. 

Its likely Microsoft will give users the choice to uninstall more of these 
core apps going forward, and you can already remove a fair few. Anything that 
isnt system-critical should be fair game to be given the elbow in our book. 

Build 25931 doesnt do a huge amount elsewhere  its mainly about porting over 
features from the Dev channel  but there are some interesting tweaks, such as 
a change to Dynamic Lighting to allow you to match your Windows accent color 
with the RGB lights on the devices attached to your PC. Nifty. You might also 
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when using Windows 11



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/fed-up-with-microsofts-default-app
s-bloating-windows-11-weve-got-some-good-news


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