Stop automatically installing the new Outlook

Agreed, I've tried Thunderbird, eM Client and Mailbird, and didn't like or get on with any of them, as I have 4 email address to use, and some only cater for 2.

There was nothing wrong with the old Mail/Calendar app, it started quickly enough was nice and easy to navigate and use, and just worked...

You'd think Microsoft would have got the message (no pun intended) by now few people want this new Outlook, I also have uninstalled it probably about 100 times, yet it keeps invading my pc, I've tried most of the regedit and other work arounds listed here, apart from the really complex batch file stuff as I just don't understand enough about all that, but they just don't work, getting really angry with Outlook now keep forcing it's self on me now.

I have a mail app on my Samsung phone, which is similar to 'old' mail app, but I can't seem to find a way to get that to work on windows.

Thanks, but that didn't work, just keeps installing still after .json file removed, and once re-installed adds the .json file back into the same folder.

So I've accepted the fact that they're killing the Mail app the day after tomorrow. I'm still not installing the new (nor the old) Outlook on my computer and will only use the online version when strictly needed. For now I'm fine with the generic Email app on my phone to check my mails. To the people at Microsoft that took this decision, I wish you the worst and hereby I cast a curse to you and the next three generations of your offspring.

But I wanted to stop getting replies from this thread, and when I finally found that the solution is to actually Subscribe (to the question I never subscribed to in the first place) THEN unsubscribe, I finally understood the whole joke that Microsoft really is.

Thanks for nothing!

And to my fellow Mail app advocates, my heart goes out to you, I wish you a happy (yet mail-less) new year ♥

The source code excuse makes no sense. If different branches of source code were such a problem, you'd want as many people to move across as possible, as quickly as possible.

Baking scam ads and a subscription into your new platform does not make people want to switch, it makes them want to stay on the old platform, and if you force the switch, it'll make them migrate to a competitor. Nobody wants an email client that delivers fake emails.