Designed to replace the current Mail and Calendar apps, the new Outlook can only be removed after it's been installed.

The good news is that the February update which brings the new Outlook doesn't strip out the old version of the app, so you can still use that.

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update.

Microsoft decided to force install the new Outlook on Windows 10 starting with the new updates of the OS. You can quickly uninstall it after.

Microsoft will start automatically installing its new Outlook email app on Windows 10 devices. It's already pre-installed on most Windows 11 PCs and rolled out to some existing Windows 11 systems.

Microsoft will automatically install its new Outlook client on Windows 10 PCs with next month’s Patch Tuesday update.