Microsoft has started force-installing the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems for users who deploy this month's ...

Microsoft will start automatically installing its new Outlook email app on Windows 10 devices. It's already pre-installed on most Windows 11 PCs and rolled out to some existing Windows 11 systems.

Designed to replace the current Mail and Calendar apps, the new Outlook can only be removed after it's been installed.

You only have a few weeks before the new Outlook is forced onto your Windows 10 PC. The new Outlook will arrive automatically with an optional Windows 10 release that will ship on January 28, 2025.

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update. The announcement was made in a new message added to the company's ...

In other words, even if you can’t block the new Outlook app from being installed on your Windows 10 PC, you can always uninstall it afterwards. A pretty annoying move, but not as bad as it could be.

TL;DR: Microsoft is automatically installing the new Outlook app on Windows 10 with the next cumulative update in February (or its preview, which will arrive late in January). People can still use ...

Microsoft first launched the new Outlook for Windows app in preview form in May 2022. In September 2023, the company declared the app as generally available for personal use. This week ...

We’ll periodically update this story as new features roll out. Note that Microsoft has two different Windows client versions of Outlook, as well as an online version. One Windows client version ...