Stop automatically installing the new Outlook

Anonymous
2024-05-23T21:36:54+00:00

I'm not using "the new Outlook", I'm staying with the "classic Outlook". Since I don't use it, I have to delete the app. To my surprise, it re-installs itself after a period of time. It's super annoying since I have to keep deleting it How do I stop this from happening?

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-24T09:51:13+00:00

    Hello Windmill Photos,

    Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

    After Microsoft's update, since New Outlook is a Windows component, even if you uninstall it, New Outlook will still download back as soon as you update your Windows system next time. But Outlook and New Outlook can already be used in parallel in your system, so this will not affect your use of Outlook.

    We hope you find the above steps helpful, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us!

    Best Regards, 

    Lucas Li - MFST | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T22:48:35+00:00

    Unfortunately Lucas, this is a poor answer to the question. Just saying that "old Outlook" and "new Outlook" can be installed in parallel doesn't work. When new Outlook gets installed, it changes the association of .eml and several other Outlook file types to itself. This breaks old Outlook and causes users to put in HelpDesk tickets because they can no longer work.

    There should be a way to prevent new Outlook from being installed on the machine via a group policy or registry key.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-14T04:59:18+00:00

    Just delete any .JSON files here:

    C:\Users<Youruser>\AppData\Local\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Migration

    Just replace <youruser> with your username example

    C:\Users\Corey\AppData\Local\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Migration

    This will stop Outlook from auto installing it's aids on to your computer

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-31T20:31:06+00:00

    This is an issue when we are using images in VMware for our desktops and this has to be done at a user level. Our business is suffering do to this very Invasive way of pushing new **** out the most business DON'T want or need. So how do we make this stop at a DOMAIN level?

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