By default, Bing Wallpaper is installed with Windows 11. The image rotation feature is nice, and on the surface, it seems innocuous. I left it alone for years because… well, I liked the wallpaper images it provided. But the unwanted behaviors of something pushing me to search with Bing or move to Edge when opening Google Chrome put me over the edge.

After uninstalling Bing Wallpaper, these intrusive Bing and Edge promotions have ceased!

Interestingly enough, the wallpaper defaulted to “Windows Spotlight,” which rotates through high-quality wallpaper images, just like Bing Wallpaper, minus all the spyware and malware attributes. So it’s a win-win situation.

However, one thing I did find annoying was the annoying “Learn about this photo” feature. I removed this by following the steps outlined at https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-learn-about-this-picture-desktop-icon-in-windows-11.7137/.