Ads are back in Windows 10 Mail and Calendar Desktop app (and there are no way to remove them)

[Karlston]

Ads are back in Windows 10 Mail and Calendar Desktop app (and there are no way to remove them)

Microsoft has once again flipped the switch on small banner ads in the Windows 10 Mail and Calendar UWP app for Windows 10.

 

 

We last saw these ads in November last year, when Microsoft said they were an experiment.

 

Then the ads only showed for those who were not Office 365 subscribers, but on this occasion, they are present for everyone and appear non-removable.

 

The ads are not fixed – when you read your Gmail if offers to let you read your Gmail on mobile, and for Outlook.com accounts it offers the Outlook app for mobile.

 

Most annoyingly, the ads are still present, even if you use the Outlook app on mobile, and take up considerable vertical space in the menu.

 

Ads in Mail and Calendar app are of course not in and of themselves evil, but most people feel they have paid for the built-in software in Windows, such as the mail app, when they purchased the computer, and it appears the ads will show even if you use a non-Microsoft email provider.

 

The banner ads are currently only being tested by Insiders, but we assume it will not be long before Microsoft finds another outlet for its Bing Ads business.

 

 

Source: Ads are back in Windows 10 Mail and Calendar Desktop app (and there are no way to remove them)  (MSPoweruser)

[mymiabear]

God what a piece of shit.

 

I've converted myself 50% to OSX at this point. The only thing that kept me on windows is windows 10 LTSC 2019

[mp68terr]

9 minutes ago, mymiabear said:

The only thing that kept me on windows is windows 10 LTSC 2019

The only thing that keeps you on windows is windows itself? The os? What about applications that you would miss if leaving win for good?

[Shalsh95]

I Prefer to call it offers not  ads; since it comes integrated within the main UI (doesn't affect the UI negatively) and since it shows products by the same developer. Personally I consider it as a "drafts" tab that I never used

[Sylence]

It's not ads.

[Kalju]

There is no ads at all and never have been.
Apparently someone sees the hallucinations.

[steven36]

How to remove the  ads for good

How to uninstall the Mail app using PowerShell

Important: Uninstalling the Mail app also removes the Calendar app, as it's part of the experience.

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Windows PowerShell, right-click the top result and select Run as Administrator.

3. Type the following command to uninstall the app and press Enter:

   Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps | Remove-AppxPackage

Install one of these Calendar apps

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/10-best-calendar-apps-for-windows-10

 

And one of these mail apps

https://www.windowscentral.com/best-email-apps-windows-10

[mymiabear]

 

On 12/14/2019 at 12:47 PM, mp68terr said:

The only thing that keeps you on windows is windows itself? The os? What about applications that you would miss if leaving win for good?

 

Yep.  Win10 LTSC 2019 is what windows 10 should have been. Lightweight, no ad tiles, no candy crush or useless apps, updates are vetted heavily before sending to this version (because it's used for things like ATM).