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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.