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Location History We are removing the Location History feature, an API that allowed Cortana to access 24 hours of device history when location was enabled. With the removal of the Location History feature, location data will no longer be saved locally and the corresponding settings will also be removed from the Privacy & Security > Location page in Settings. This feature is being gradually removed from devices using a controlled feature rollout (CFR). March 25, 2025 Data Encryption Standard (DES) DES, the symmetric-key block encryption cipher, is considered nonsecure against modern cryptographic attacks, and replaced by more robust encryption algorithms. DES was disabled by default starting with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It's removed from Windows 11, version 24H2 and later, and Windows Server 2025 and later. September 2025 NTLMv1 NTLMv1 is removed starting in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. 24H2 Windows Information Protection Windows Information Protection is removed starting in Windows 11, version 24H2. 24H2 Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge Microsoft Defender Application Guard, including the Windows Isolated App Launcher APIs, is deprecated for Microsoft Edge for Business and is no longer available starting with Windows 11, version 24H2. 24H2 WordPad WordPad is removed from all editions of Windows starting in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents like .txt. If you're a developer and need information about the affected binaries, see Resources for deprecated features. October 1, 2024 Alljoyn Microsoft's implementation of AllJoyn, which included the Windows.Devices.AllJoyn API namespace, a Win32 API, a management configuration service provider (CSP), and an Alljoyn Router Service is retired. AllJoyn, sponsored by AllSeen Alliance, was an open source discovery and communication protocol for Internet of Things scenarios such as turning on/off lights or reading temperatures. AllSeen Alliance promoted the AllJoyn project from 2013 until 2016 when it merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), the sponsors of Iotivity.org, another protocol for Internet of Things scenarios. Customers should refer to the Iotivity.org website for alternatives such as Iotivity Lite or Iotivity. October 1, 2024 Update Compliance Update Compliance, a cloud-based service for the Windows client, is retired. This service has been replaced with Windows Update for Business reports, which provides reporting on client compliance with Microsoft updates from the Azure portal. March 31, 2023 Store uploader tool Support has been removed for the store uploader tool. This tool is included in the Windows SDK only. The endpoint for the tool has been removed from service and the files will be removed from the SDK in the next release. November 2022 Internet Explorer 11 The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application is retired and out of support as of June 15, 2022 for certain versions of Windows 10. You can still access older, legacy sites that require Internet Explorer with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge. Learn how. The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will progressively redirect to the faster, more secure Microsoft Edge browser, and will ultimately be disabled via Windows Update. Disable IE today. June 15, 2022 XDDM-based remote display driver Support for Windows 2000 Display Driver Model (XDDM) based remote display drivers is removed in this release. Software publishers that use an XDDM-based remote display driver should plan a migration to the WDDM driver model. For more information on implementing remote display indirect display driver, see Updates for IddCx versions 1.4 and later. 21H1 Microsoft Edge The legacy version of Microsoft Edge is no longer supported after March 9, 2021. For more information, see End of support reminder for Microsoft Edge Legacy. 21H1 MBAE service metadata The MBAE app experience is replaced by an MO UWP app. Metadata for the MBAE service is removed. 20H2 Connect app The Connect app for wireless projection using Miracast is no longer installed by default, but is available as an optional feature. To add the feature, select Settings > System > Optional features > Add a feature (Windows 10) or Settings > System > Optional features > Add an optional feature (Windows 11), and then add the Wireless Display feature. 2004 Rinna and Japanese Address suggestion The Rinna and Japanese Address suggestion service for Microsoft Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) ended on August 13, 2020. For more information, see Rinna and Japanese Address suggestion will no longer be offered 2004 Windows To Go Windows To Go was announced as deprecated in Windows 10, version 1903 and is removed in this release. 2004 Mobile Plans and Messaging apps Both apps are still supported, but are now distributed in a different way. OEMs can now include these apps in Windows images for cellular enabled devices. The apps are removed for noncellular devices. 2004 PNRP APIs The Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) cloud service was shut down in Windows 10, version 1809. We're planning to complete the removal process by removing the corresponding APIs.
[Update - February 2024]: The corresponding Windows APIs will be removed in Windows 11, version 24H2. DNS-SD and mDNS are recommended alternatives for implementing service discovery scenarios.
1909 Taskbar settings roaming Roaming of taskbar settings is removed in this release. This feature was announced as no longer being developed in Windows 10, version 1903. 1909 Desktop messaging app doesn't offer messages sync The messaging app on Desktop has a sync feature that can be used to sync SMS text messages received from Windows Mobile and keep a copy of them on the Desktop. The sync feature has been removed from all devices. Due to this change, you'll only be able to access messages from the device that received the message. 1903 Business Scanning also called Distributed Scan Management (DSM) We're removing this secure scanning and scanner management capability - there are no devices that support this feature. 1809 FontSmoothing setting in unattend.xml The FontSmoothing setting lets you specify the font antialiasing strategy to use across the system. We've changed Windows 10 to use ClearType by default, so we're removing this setting as it is no longer necessary. If you include this setting in the unattend.xml file, it will be ignored. 1809 Hologram app We've replaced the Hologram app with the Mixed Reality Viewer. If you would like to create 3D word art, you can still do that in Paint 3D and view your art in VR or HoloLens with the Mixed Reality Viewer. 1809 limpet.exe We're releasing the limpet.exe tool, used to access TPM for Azure connectivity, as open source. 1809 Phone Companion When you update to Windows 10, version 1809, the Phone Companion app will be removed from your PC. Use the Phone page in the Settings app to sync your mobile phone with your PC. It includes all the Phone Companion features. 1809 Future updates through Windows Embedded Developer Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7-SP1 (WES7-SP1) and Windows Embedded Standard 8 (WES8) We're no longer publishing new updates to the WEDU server. Instead, download any new updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Learn how to get updates from the catalog. 1809 Groove Music Pass We ended the Groove streaming music service and music track sales through the Microsoft Store in 2017. The Groove app is being updated to reflect this change. You can still use Groove Music to play the music on your PC. You can use Spotify or other music services to stream music on Windows 10, or to buy music to own. 1803 People - Suggestions will no longer include unsaved contacts for non-Microsoft accounts Manually save the contact details for people you send mail to or get mail from. 1803 Language control in the Control Panel Use the Settings app to change your language settings. 1803 HomeGroup We're removing HomeGroup but not your ability to share printers, files, and folders.
When you update to Windows 10, version 1803, you won't see HomeGroup in File Explorer, the Control Panel, or Troubleshoot (Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot). Any printers, files, and folders that you shared using HomeGroup will continue to be shared.
Instead of using HomeGroup, you can now share printers, files and folders by using features that are built into Windows 10:
- Share your network printer
- Share files in File Explorer 1803 Connect to suggested open hotspots option in Wi-Fi settings We previously disabled the Connect to suggested open hotspots option and are now removing it from the Wi-Fi settings page. You can manually connect to free wireless hotspots with Network & Internet settings, from the taskbar or Control Panel, or by using Wi-Fi Settings (for mobile devices). 1803 XPS Viewer We're changing the way you get XPS Viewer. In Windows 10, version 1709 and earlier versions, the app is included in the installation image. If you have XPS Viewer and you update to Windows 10, version 1803, there's no action required. You'll still have XPS Viewer.
However, if you install Windows 10, version 1803, on a new device (or as a clean installation), you can install XPS Viewer from Apps and Features in the Settings app or through Features on Demand. If you had XPS Viewer in Windows 10, version 1709, but manually removed it before updating, you'll need to manually reinstall it.
1803 3D Builder app No longer installed by default. Consider using Print 3D and Paint 3D in its place. However, 3D Builder is still available for download from the Windows Store. 1709 Apndatabase.xml For more information about the replacement database, see the following Hardware Dev Center articles:
MO Process to update COSA
COSA FAQ 1709 Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Use of this feature will be blocked. Consider using Exploit Protection as a replacement. 1709 Outlook Express This legacy application will be removed due to lack of functionality. 1709 Reader app Functionality to be integrated into Microsoft Edge. 1709 Reading List Functionality to be integrated into Microsoft Edge. 1709 Screen saver functionality in Themes This functionality is disabled in Themes, and classified as Removed in this table. Screen saver functionality in Group Policies, Control Panel, and Sysprep continues to be functional. Lock screen features and policies are preferred. 1709 Syskey.exe Removing this nonsecure security feature. We recommend that users use BitLocker instead. For more information, see 4025993 Syskey.exe utility is no longer supported in Windows 10 RS3 and Windows Server 2016 RS3. 1709 TCP Offload Engine Removing this legacy code. This functionality was previously transitioned to the Stack TCP Engine. For more information, see Why Are We Deprecating Network Performance Features? 1709 Tile Data Layer To be replaced by the Tile Store. 1709 Resilient File System (ReFS) (added: August 17, 2017) Creation ability will be available in the following editions only: Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. Creation ability will be removed from all other editions. All other editions will have Read and Write ability. 1709 By default, Flash autorun in Microsoft Edge is turned off. Use the Click-to-Run (C2R) option instead. (This setting can be changed by the user.) 1703 Interactive Service Detection Service See Interactive Services for guidance on how to keep software up to date. 1703 Microsoft Paint This application won't be available for languages that aren't on the full localization list. 1703 NPN support in TLS This feature is superseded by Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN). 1703 Windows Information Protection "AllowUserDecryption" policy Starting in Windows 10, version 1703, AllowUserDecryption is no longer supported. 1703 WSUS for Windows Mobile Updates are being transitioned to the new Unified Update Platform (UUP) 1703
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