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This isn't really an issue that goes beyond your first 1 hour on your new Windows 10 computer. You delete them, and then they are gone forever. They do not re-i

This isn't really an issue that goes beyond your first 1 hour on your new Windows 10 computer. You delete them, and then they are gone forever. They do not re-install themselves, they only come with a new user account. They were annoying to me, only when I had installed the Windows 10 for the very first time, 2 years ago. I had several Windows 10 re-installations since then, and it really isn't worth nagging about them for the 30-45 seconds they steal from you as you remove them. Besides, my housemate actually liked and kept some of them on his account. It probably really just does increase the overall customer experience.

mikhailt 9y ago
Except on two separate machines, a Windows update reinstalled them for me. MS did said it was a bug but it happened a few times after that for me.
- ThoAppelsin 9y ago
  I think I also may have had some ads back with a major update (e.g. Creators, Fall Creators), but I don't remember having them back ever with the normal updates. In any case, it really is just a breeze to remove UWP apps, and they leave no trace either, so I cannot rationalize how it can be this so annoying to anyone.
  - TomMarius 9y ago
    That's right, only the major updates reinstall these apps (and introduce new ones).
  - suby 9y ago
    The ad issue is separate to me. They keep adding ads to more and more places in Windows 10, and each location has a different toggle to turn on / off. I turned off all advertising options in Windows 10 when I first installed, only to be greeted by another ad months later which they had added with a newly downloaded update. The toggles aren't even centralized, you have to hunt them down in different menus. I have a hard time believing this wasn't done on purpose.
eitland 9y ago
Just saw a game I'm absolutely sure I never installed voluntarily popping up on an old laptop yesterday or today. :-/
- ThoAppelsin 9y ago
  I have a laptop and a desktop running Windows 10 on my account. I use them both daily, one for entertainment, one for work. Both running on Pro and constantly up-to-date. I have been using one for exactly 2 years, and the other one for like 9-10 months. I am completely unfamiliar with the experience you had, with no apps having been installed on my behalf without me explicitly installing it through the Microsoft Store, except for the ones I get after I reinstall the OS. I also have a Windows Phone that I have been using for the past 2 years. Again, it gets some apps pre-installed whenever I reinstall the OS, but never otherwise. Admittedly, PCs I think did once get some of them after one major update. I suppose it was one of the Creators Updates.
  - dagw 9y ago
    I am completely unfamiliar with the experience you had I'm wondering Microsoft is doing some sort of A/B or market segmentation testing. Perhaps testing different things in different regions.

mikhailt 9y ago

Except on two separate machines, a Windows update reinstalled them for me. MS did said it was a bug but it happened a few times after that for me.

ThoAppelsin 9y ago
I think I also may have had some ads back with a major update (e.g. Creators, Fall Creators), but I don't remember having them back ever with the normal updates. In any case, it really is just a breeze to remove UWP apps, and they leave no trace either, so I cannot rationalize how it can be this so annoying to anyone.
- TomMarius 9y ago
  That's right, only the major updates reinstall these apps (and introduce new ones).
- suby 9y ago
  The ad issue is separate to me. They keep adding ads to more and more places in Windows 10, and each location has a different toggle to turn on / off. I turned off all advertising options in Windows 10 when I first installed, only to be greeted by another ad months later which they had added with a newly downloaded update. The toggles aren't even centralized, you have to hunt them down in different menus. I have a hard time believing this wasn't done on purpose.

eitland 9y ago

Just saw a game I'm absolutely sure I never installed voluntarily popping up on an old laptop yesterday or today. :-/

ThoAppelsin 9y ago
I have a laptop and a desktop running Windows 10 on my account. I use them both daily, one for entertainment, one for work. Both running on Pro and constantly up-to-date. I have been using one for exactly 2 years, and the other one for like 9-10 months. I am completely unfamiliar with the experience you had, with no apps having been installed on my behalf without me explicitly installing it through the Microsoft Store, except for the ones I get after I reinstall the OS. I also have a Windows Phone that I have been using for the past 2 years. Again, it gets some apps pre-installed whenever I reinstall the OS, but never otherwise. Admittedly, PCs I think did once get some of them after one major update. I suppose it was one of the Creators Updates.
- dagw 9y ago
  I am completely unfamiliar with the experience you had I'm wondering Microsoft is doing some sort of A/B or market segmentation testing. Perhaps testing different things in different regions.