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If you’re a Windows 11 user, you’ve certainly come up with some preinstalled apps after booting up the system. Most of these apps are quite useless, and some of them can’t even be uninstalled. However, the Redmond tech giant might soon loosen its rules for the preinstalled bloatware.
According to The Verge, Microsoft wants to finally allow Windows 11 users to remove some of the preinstalled apps that come with the operating system. The change has appeared in a new Windows 11 build in Canary Channel testers. The Camera app, the Cortana app, the Photos app, the People app, and the Remote Desktop (MSTSC) client are the preinstalled bloatware that you can soon remove from your system.
Microsoft has just killed Cortana, and removing its app from Windows 11 isn’t surprising. The other four apps are among the most useless apps that users might never open.
You can soon remove preinstalled Windows 11 apps
To be fair, some of the preinstalled apps that come with Windows 11 are useful for some specific purposes. Microsoft dubbed these “inbox apps” and believes they’re “essential to the overall Windows experience.” The company now lets users remove most of them by choice. The option is now available through Windows Insider builds.
These apps also don’t occupy too much space in your system. So don’t expect to free a considerable amount of space after removing them. The only benefit you get from removing preinstalled apps is probably having a trimmed and less crowded Start menu.
At the same time that Microsoft allows you to remove bloatware, it’s adding CPU, memory, and GPU monitoring widgets to Windows 11. These widgets might be handy for gamers, allowing them to check the system’s performance while playing. The GPU widget also lets you switch between different graphics cards if you’re using multiple GPUs.
Microsoft also plans to launch a major update for Windows 11 in September. The update might bring native support for RAR and 7-Zip files, more uninstallation options, a new settings homepage, etc.