Microsoft complies with EU's DMA, allowing uninstalling of OneDrive, Edge, Bing, and more
Microsoft has adhered to the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) by enabling Windows 11 users to uninstall Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Bing, and more. This move is in line with the tech giant's obligation as a DMA gatekeeper to foster competition and expand consumer choices in digital markets.
Users in the European Economic Area are now able to uninstall Microsoft Edge, disable Bing in Windows Search, and turn off Microsoft News feed and ads in the Widgets Board. The company has also provided guidelines for third-party web search applications to offer services through the Windows task bar search box, and for developers to create third-party news feeds in the Windows Widgets panel. OneDrive can also be uninstalled or disabled, with a support document outlining the process. Microsoft's LinkedIn has also adapted to the DMA, offering new APIs for third-party developers and page administrators to access user data continuously.
Despite this, the European Commission has exempted Bing and Microsoft Edge from DMA oversight due to their non-dominant market position. These changes are part of a broader Windows 11 update which introduces more AI features for Microsoft Copilot (Windows & 365) and a redesigned sign-in experience.
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External links
- Microsoft implements DMA compliance measuresMicrosoft's EU Policy Blog • Official source
- Microsoft details EU DMA compliance changes it has made to WindowsNeowin
- Microsoft lets users uninstall OneDrive on WIndows 11Windows Central
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It seems that now in Europe you can uninstall Windows apps like Edge and otthers. But for some reasons does not work with EN-US United States language. I'm from Europe and I'm using en-us and I can't uninstall those apps, however with en_UK versions seems to work even United Kingdom is not part of the European Union (EU).
Oh good, now people will star uninstalling onedrive from the official apps tab instead of the command line
Can't frikin' wait to wipe the MS bloatware from as much devices as I can ^^ and especially EDGE ^^
if (in(EU)) { allow(restrictions.unbloating) }
Man I wish this was worldwide.
I bet it still doesn't completely remove the software, meaning Windows retains install files for all these apps, and will probably try to reinstall them at random times in the future.
The only sure way to get rid of them is to force delete all traces. It's a bit complicated, but I've done it, and never again been bothered with those apps.