Windows 11 PCs may be stuck with Recall, after all
Yo dawg, we heard you're worried about Recall, but we recalled the ability to recall Recall.
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- A recent Windows 11 update teased the ability to uninstall the controversial Recall system.
- Microsoft says that this option was introduced by mistake.
- The company plans to remove that configuration option before Recall even arrives this fall.
Microsoft’s Recall for Copilot Plus PCs is on its way. Late last month, following weeks of delays and growing uncertainty, Microsoft committed to making Recall available to its Windows Insider testers sometime this October. And while a lot of users are eager to see what this controversial tool can do, others are already thinking about how to steer clear of it. A few days ago, it looked like those in the latter camp might get the ability to uninstall Recall altogether, but now Microsoft is speaking up and dashing those hopes.
Recall, if you’ve lost the plot, is a tool Microsoft created that basically takes screenshots of your PC every few seconds, then uses AI to scrape content from your screen and make it into a searchable database. The idea is that you can then quickly use AI to sort through that data and find stuff you might have been working on months ago. That sounds quite powerful, and that’s part of the reason some people are so concerned.
