Microsoft has recently announced adjustments to the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems for the EU economic area (including the EU, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) in compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act. The new measures will allow users to uninstall the built-in Microsoft Store and will no longer prompt users to set Microsoft Edge as the default browser unless manually adjusted.

Additionally, these adjustments will enable users in the EU economic area to remove Bing search results from Windows search results. The new Microsoft Edge browser will be implemented starting with version 137.0.3296.52, which is set to launch on May 29, with further features expected to be available to retail outlets from July.

Regarding the Windows search functionality, it will default to not displaying Bing search results, and instead will prioritize the user's chosen default search engine for content retrieval, while also allowing users to search through multiple engines and rearrange the order of different search engines. This update has already been offered for testing through a preview version, with the full version anticipated for release in early June.

As for the Microsoft Store within the EU economic area, it can be uninstalled at any time, but apps installed through the Microsoft Store can continue to be updated, with this feature expected to be available later this year.