Microsoft will retire the Calendar, People and Files Microsoft 365 companion apps on December 16, ending support for the three taskbar tools it began pushing onto Windows 11 machines less than a year ...

Microsoft will retire the Calendar, People, and Files Microsoft 365 companion apps on December 16 and has asked admins to remove them from managed devices.

Late last year, Microsoft started to install Calendar, People and Files apps automatically, but now it's pulling them altogether.

Microsoft is retiring three Microsoft 365 companion apps introduced for Windows 11 last year. The move comes with a notable shift in how the company describes their purpose and value.