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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 b...
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
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.