How To Remove Outlook And Outlook Express From The Computer

Outlook and Outlook Express are email client programs from Microsoft. Majority of professionals around the world use Outlook or Outlook Express for their business communication purposes. Both these email client programs are easy to set up and have a simple interface. However, if you do not wish to use email client programs and like to stick on to the internet email account, it is advised that you remove Outlook and Outlook Express from the computer. This will help you save valuable space in the hard disk. In this post, we will take you through the steps to remove Outlook and Outlook Express from the computer.

Steps Involved
According to Outlook help desk, you can remove the Outlook program with a few steps. Outlook program will be listed among the other programs in the Add or Remove Programs window from where you can remove it. Let us go through the steps below.

• Press the Windows logo on the keyboard to open the Start menu. 
• In the Start menu, click Control Panel. 
• Locate the icon Add/Remove Programs and double click it. 
• From the list of programs in the window, click Microsoft Office. You will find two buttons next to the program, Change and Remove. Click the button Change. 
• The above step will open a window for Microsoft Office Setup. Choose the option Add or Remove Features. 
• Remove the check mark next to the program Microsoft Outlook and select the button Update. This will initiate the removal process.

As you might already know, Outlook Express is present as a default program in the Windows XP operating system. Therefore, it is one of the Windows Components and can be removed only with the help of the Windows Components Wizard. Let us now go through the steps involved in this process.

• Open the Start button and click Control Panel.
• Open the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel window.
• Locate the button for Add or Remove Windows Components from the left pane of the window and select it.
• From the list of programs, locate Outlook Express. Remove the check mark from the program.
• Select the button Next. This will initiate the Outlook Express removal process.
• Choose the button Finish when the process ends.

With the above steps, you can remove Outlook and Outlook Express programs from the computer. For further help, you may contact the Outlook help desk or our technical support team.