Windows 11 adds several new and unexpected features, such as Android apps, a revamped Start menu, and a revamped taskbar. widgets much more.
However, Windows 11 also removes many features from Windows 10 that PC users have become accustomed to. Here are the features in Windows 10 and previous versions that you will no longer see in Windows 11.
Microsoft posted this information on the same page where it listed Windows 11 hardware requirements, including a controversial mandate for a TPM 2.0 chip.
Microsoft calls some of these requirements “depreciation,” which simply means that they are reduced or even eliminated. Microsoft gives Windows 11 a lot, but that takes away from it, too.
Cortana is demoted again
The most poignant feature Windows 11 kills is Cortana, which will no longer shout “Hello, I’m CORTANA” when setting up a new computer. But Cortana has also been kicked out of the Windows 11 taskbar: it’s not an icon or part of the Windows 11 search function, as we’ve seen.
Cortana will only exist as an app, and likely without major changes from what you’ll find in Windows 10. Based on our experience with the leaked version of Windows 11, you’ll also need to ask (search for) the Cortana app. before her. is downloaded and installed.
These are the funniest questions to ask Cortana.
Internet Explorer is finished
We knew Microsoft was planning to “wipe out” Internet Explorer in 2022, and now it has thrown another shovelful of dirt on the old browser. Microsoft will not include Internet Explorer in Windows 11 at all, although it will include the browser as part of “IE mode” in Edge.
The mode Tablet will disappear
Tablet mode, once a staple of the Windows 10 Surface Pro device experience, will disappear in Windows 11. Tablet mode, as the name suggests, works with tablets: Once Windows detects the keyboard Equipment from a Windows tablet, it switches to Tablet mode, adopting a more tactile user interface.
While Microsoft announced the phasing out of tablet mode, the company also said that “new features and capabilities for keyboard docking and undocking postures are included.”
What this apparently means is that while Microsoft is removing tablet mode, it is also replacing it with something that will act the same. Expect this to be a more tactile interface, with perhaps more space between taskbar icons, among other improvements. But we’ll have to wait and see.
Quick status forbidden on lock screen
Previously, Microsoft allowed Windows 10 users to place “apps” on the Windows 10 lock screen, so you might see an upcoming calendar notification or weather alert.
Presumably, this feature will be replaced by widgets, which is why Microsoft is ditching Quick Status features on the Windows 11 lock screen.
Resizable home screen
In Windows 10, you can add app icons to the Start screen and group them as you like. This is not the case in Windows 11. In the new Microsoft operating system, you will not be able to change the size of the splash screen and the Live Tiles will disappear, unless this Windows 11 registry hack continues. to function and you can restore Windows startup. menu 10 in Windows 11.
Apps and sites you pinned on Windows 10 won’t transfer to Windows 11 either.
Settings in the taskbar
Lots of small changes happen to the taskbar. The leaked beta of Windows 11 allows us to move the taskbar from its central location to the far left, like the traditional Windows 10 Start menu.
But you can only move the taskbar along the bottom of the screen, not to the sides or up. Microsoft also has more control over which apps can do what on the taskbar. Microsoft said it was killing people on the taskbar as well, but we already knew that.
RIP timeline
Although Timeline has been the favorite feature of some PCWorld employees, Timeline as a whole is going to be phased out. Microsoft simply takes one of the timeline’s features (the Edge tabs you might have used on another device) and moves it into Edge itself.
Smaller changes
Some of the changes affect smaller parts of Windows 10 that you may not have used, but removing them is still a downgrade from Windows 10. Here they are.
The Snipping tool still exists, but it has been stealthily replaced with the Snip & Sketch functionality, just as the app has promised for years.
- Windows 11 S mode still exists, but only for Windows 11 Home, not Pro.
- The Windows touchscreen keyboard will no longer dock and un-dock on screens that are 18 inches or larger.
- The Wallet application is deleted. 3D Viewer, OneNote for Windows 10, Paint 3D, and Skype will no longer install on newer devices.
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