Microsoft To Kill Windows Maps App in July

The end of life date for the Windows Maps app is officially coming this July.

Microsoft Deprecating Its Windows Maps App

Microsoft is doing some housecleaning with its upcoming Windows updates, deprecating and removing the Windows Map app later this year. Windows Maps has been a fixture on Windows since it was first launched in November 2014. After a little more than a decade, Microsoft is pulling the plug. The app is listed among the apps deprecated, as of April 2025, although it will still be a couple of months before it is removed from the Microsoft Store. The …

Microsoft To Kill Windows Maps App in July

Microsoft will remove its Maps app from the Microsoft Store in July 2025, delivering an "update" that renders the application completely nonfunctional. Following the cutoff, users won't be able to reinstall the app even if previously downloaded, according to a Microsoft support document. While the app will retain personal data like saved navigation routes and map URLs, this information will become unusable after the deprecation. The Maps applic…

Windows 11: official Maps app is dead, but there are options

Microsoft created several new applications for the launch of its Windows 10 operating system almost ten years ago. Not all of them are still around and another app can soon be added to the list. Windows Maps, the official mapping app of the Windows and Xbox ecosystem, is being removed from the Microsoft Store. It is not the only app that is got the boot in recent years. The Windows Cortana app was deprecated as well. The details: Microsoft plan…

Microsoft Deprecates Maps, More in Windows 11

Microsoft is also deprecating an important security feature in all but the most recent version of Windows 11, too, and that one is curious. The post Microsoft Deprecates Maps, More in Windows 11 appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Microsoft kills Windows Maps app

Time to say goodbye to the Windows Maps application. Microsoft is killing it for good later this year. Read more...