You can uninstall it with winget uninstall cortana, never gave me any issues, works like a charm. Removing edge will break some stuff though, you need some edge render thingie for certain programs like Weather.
It’s basically the new Electron, without most of the bloat of the old Electron. Pretty sweet deal for app developers who need to write an app for both desktops and phones.
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winget uninstall cortana, never gave me any issues, works like a charm. Removing edge will break some stuff though, you need some edge render thingie for certain programs like Weather.I remember, back in the windows 10 days if you uninstall Cortana, Windows search (start menu search) just breaks
But I guess it makes sense now that this works because Microsoft itself is ditching Cortana for Bing AI
Oh shiny new thing!
Edge WebView, which can be installed separately. A few third-party apps depend on it.
It’s basically the new Electron, without most of the bloat of the old Electron. Pretty sweet deal for app developers who need to write an app for both desktops and phones.
Then remove weather
No one is going to use weather on a PC, that’s what a phone is for
Why would I pick up my phone to check the weather when I’m on my PC already?