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App assignment - removing a required app
Dear community,
I am cleaning up our Intune Apps for Windows - just for confirmation: when I remove the "Required" assignment, it does not take any action on the client, correct? I don't want to break anything and the inventory is very mixed, sometimes an MSI, sometimes a very old and somehow packaged EXE.
Thank you and kind regards,
Eileen
Hi,
True normally removing the assignment doesnt trigger an uninstallation, To uninstall you need to assign a group to the uninstall settingAnd to quote Microsoft
"Removing a group assignment does not remove the related app. The installed app will remain on the device."
Include and exclude app assignments in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Docs
Hi,
True normally removing the assignment doesnt trigger an uninstallation, To uninstall you need to assign a group to the uninstall settingAnd to quote Microsoft
"Removing a group assignment does not remove the related app. The installed app will remain on the device."
Include and exclude app assignments in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Docs
I am deploying Microsoft 365 apps to macOS using intune. I need to uninstall it, but there is no uninstall option. how do I uninstall an app on a macOs device that was deployed as required through Intune?
- if I include a user or a device in uninstall setting and the same device is present in required and uninstall section, whether the uninstall setting takes precedence over required setting?
cHaZzYIf you unassign the app, it will remain on any current machines, you're basically just stopping any deployments. It's only if you populate the uninstall group that it will remove the software
If you need to get the source files for old apps, have a look at this:
How to decode Intune Win32 App Packages – Modern IT – Cloud – Workplace (oliverkieselbach.com)
Thank you very much for the quick confirmation andrewstaylor and Rudy_Ooms_MVP - I am now sure not to break anything!
I only find the right documentation, at the moment I don't need it, kind of a gift 🙂
Yes, when I remove the "Required" assignment for an Intune app on Windows, it shouldn't trigger any action on the client devices. Removing the "Required" assignment simply means that the app won't be automatically installed or uninstalled on targeted devices. It's a safe step to take if you want to reorganize or clean up your Intune apps without affecting the client devices. Just make sure to double-check your inventory and ensure that the apps you're modifying won't cause any unexpected issues, especially with the mixed inventory of MSI and EXE packages.
cHaZzY When you remove the "Required" assignment from an app in Intune, it will no longer be automatically installed on new devices or users targeted by that assignment. However, it does not trigger an uninstallation of the app from devices where it is already installed. Therefore, removing the "Required" assignment should not take any immediate action on the client devices where the app is already present.
You are correct: simply removing the "Required" assignment from an app in Intune will not trigger any immediate removal or action on the client devices. The app will remain installed on any devices where it was previously deployed, unless there is another configuration that explicitly uninstalls it.
If your inventory includes a mix of MSIs and older EXE packages, you’ll want to review any specific uninstall commands or detection rules associated with each app to ensure that removing the assignment doesn't lead to unexpected issues. If no uninstallation assignment is made, the apps should stay as they are on the devices.
