The Microsoft Photos app is a built-in application for Windows operating systems that allows users to view, organize, edit, and share their photos and videos. With its user-friendly interface and a wide range of features, it serves as a versatile tool for managing digital media on Windows devices.

This version of Microsoft Photos app offers a convenient and user-friendly way to view, import, organize, edit, and share photos and videos on Windows devices. Users can also utilize the new Photos app to access media files stored on OneDrive and iCloud.

Photos Legacy is the app for Microsoft’s Legacy Collections, Albums, and Video Editor. The legacy versions of the Photos app gather photos from your PC, phone, and other devices, and put them in one place where you can more easily find what you’re looking for.

Whether you like to apply changes that affect your photo's quality, feel, and look—or you want to add information on top of your photos, the Microsoft Photos app in Windows gives you all kinds of options for getting your photos and videos looking their best.

Learn about the changes in the new Photos app for Windows, and understand how it differs from Photos Legacy app.

Windows 11 and Windows 10 have an app named Photos, a successor to Picture Manager, that lets you edit photos. For information on how to open and use it, see Edit photos and videos.

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There are different ways to remove apps and programs, so if you can't find the one you're looking for, you can try another location. Note that some apps and programs are built into Windows and can't be uninstalled. You can try to repair a program first, if it's just not running correctly.

This article explains how to repair apps and programs in Windows 11 and use Settings to fix common app issues without reinstalling. You can repair some apps and programs if they're not running correctly. Note that you won't see repair, change, or modify options for all apps and programs. Repair options from the Settings page.

Microsoft will notify you if you need to send additional files, and alert you if a requested file contains personal information so you can decide whether or not you want to send that file or not.