You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a “system component” that can’t be

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    9 months ago

    Does it automatically back things up, even if you don’t have a Microsoft account or turn it on?

    It’s optional as most things in Windows. Also if you do not use MS account where would backup be stored, how would you restore it? :)

    Here are more reputable sources:

    Have not used it myself, but I think most if not all of this was already available through Settings so it’s nothing new. LazyAdmin article seems to state the same.

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        9 months ago

        No, meant reputable, because 1st one is MS article and those 2 others are blogs that I have read in the past and have not had much issues with their content (also I skimmed through them)