We're coming up on the ten-year anniversary of Microsoft's mildly irritating Cortana assistant, which launched in 2014 alongside the now defunct Windows Phone. But thanks to an upcoming Windows update, Cortana won't be around much longer unless you want it.
Microsoft has already confirmed plans to kill Cortana in favor of AI assistants, and it started the process by removing the Cortana app this summer. Now Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 update that will allow you to remove Cortana entirely along with some of Windows' other baked-in bloatware, like the Camera, Photos and People apps.
