Windows 11’s AI Recall won’t be uninstallable, but it should be [Video]

Dig into your Settings in Windows 11, and you’ll find a list of your PC’s installed apps—including a couple related to core Windows features like Cortana and Copilot. If you dislike anything, you can nuke the offending software with a click.

But despite a brief moment of excitement on the internet, the same isn’t true for Microsoft Recall, the upcoming AI-infused Windows feature that will capture screenshots of everything you do on your PC. And in all likelihood, uninstalling Recall won’t be a possibility for a while after its launch (if ever).

It should be, though, given Microsoft’s attempts to associate Windows 11 with security and privacy.

Microsoft Recall is a sharp double-edged sword. The AI-driven search feature has the potential to dramatically lessen the burden of tracing your digital footprints—it instead can sift through the screenshots it took of the sites you visited, the information you researched, the files you worked on, and more. All in the hope …