Ending support at the end of the year, Microsoft adjusts Windows 11 to make it easier for users to uninstall Cortana voice assistant

News on July 14th, Microsoft recently released the Win11 Build 25905 preview update to Canary channel Windows Insider members. One of the highlights is that it allows users to more easily Uninstall Cortana voice assistant.

Microsoft previously announced that the Windows standalone application of Cortana voice assistant will stop supporting it at the end of the year, and will not affect other platform versions, such as Outlook mobile version, Teams mobile version, etc.

As early as 2014, Microsoft began testing the Cortana virtual assistant. The name comes from the artificial intelligence in the game "Halo" series. Cortana was subsequently pre-installed in Windows Phone and Windows 10 systems.

However, with Microsoft's strategic changes, Cortana has gradually been unbundled from personal users' computers and has become part of the Microsoft 365 office scene.

IT Home hereby attaches three methods to delete Cortana in Win11 system:

Stable version of Win11 system (also applicable to Win10):

As an administrator Start Terminal, then enter the "winget uninstall Cortana" command (without the double quotes), press Enter, and enter Y according to the prompts and press Enter.

In Win11 Build 25905 Preview:

Open the Start menu, find and right-click Cortana in the All Apps list, then select Uninstall and confirm the action.

In other Canary Channel Win11 versions:

Launch the Settings app and go to Installed Apps > Applications, Find Cortana and click the button with three dots next to it, select "Uninstall" and confirm the action.

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