Can I remove Bing maps from Outlook 365 ProPlus?

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I was just upgraded to Office 365 ProPlus and now have "Bing Maps" showing up in my emails. Is there a way to remove/disable this from Outlook?

When viewing an email that contains an address it shows a bar that says "Bing Maps" in a bar after the header info (from, to, date) and before the message body. On the right hand side of the bar, it has a "Get more apps" link. I can't find how to uninstall the Bing Maps app/add-in. — sdoca, May 07 '14 at 17:52

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '14 at 00:30

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In Outlook, click on the file menu and scroll down to the bottom of the Info section and select "Manage Apps". This will take you to a webpage managing what add-ins are setup by default (probably by your administrator). In here, you can simply disable the Bing Maps add-on and it should no longer show that bar.

It's important to note that this is a different add-in section that previously mentioned here. This Manage Apps button is in the info page, not under options.

Hope this helps!

answered Jun 04 '14 at 00:30

Ryan McCool

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The app was installed by my company and I am able to uninstall it, but I am able to disable. Thanks! – sdoca Jun 04 '14 at 17:16
In the version of Office used here the option is called "Manage Add-ins" rather than "Manage Apps" but this indeed allows you to enable/disable plugins. – Bram Apr 27 '16 at 07:01

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '15 at 14:05

Go to the browser version of outlook and go to options. Here is a direct link https://outlook.office365.com/ecp
Click on add-ins on the left
Click on Bing Maps
On the right side of the screen you will see a link to disable.

This is the only place I've found to disable it.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 18:35

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Follow all the steps above and uncheck "Outlook Social Connector 2013"

It removed it. At least I cant see it.

answered Oct 21 '14 at 18:35

user382200

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 07 '14 at 17:22

I suspect this is an Add-In. Here's how to disable add-ins in Outlook 2013:

To access the Outlook add-ins management window, open Outlook and go to File -> Options (for Outlook 2013) and go the Add-ins section.

You can’t remove Outlook add-ins directly here, but you can remove them by clicking on the “Go” button located after the “Manage COM Add-ins” text. This will popup a new window which will show all add-ins (enabled and disabled).

Here you can locate the desired add-in and remove it from Outlook. You can remove the Outlook add-in either by un-checking its check-box or by selecting it and clicking on the Remove button.

Attention: if you remove an Outlook add-in using the Remove button, the add-in will be removed completely from the list of available Outlook add-ins. If you later decide to enable it back, it may be tricky to find its library file.

It is important to know that, if you remove Outlook add-ins using this method, the add-ins are not actually deleted from your computer: they are only removed from the list of available Outlook add-ins. They will not load in Outlook anymore, but their add-in files are not erased from your computer.

Source: http://www.outlook-apps.com/remove-outlook-add-ins/

I'm pretty sure it's an add-in as well. Unfortunately, if I look at my list of "COM Add-Ins", there's nothing listed that refers to Bing and/or maps. — sdoca, May 07 '14 at 17:50
Try the first option from the source link, it shows how to remove add-ins from the control panel. — Wutnaut, May 07 '14 at 17:51
My list of programs doesn't show anything for Outlook or Bing. However, I was wrong, I don't just have Office 2013, I have Office 365 ProPlus (I've updated question). Maybe it's a part of that and can't be uninstalled separately. — sdoca, May 07 '14 at 17:55
It's probably a browser add-in. Are you accessing outlook through a browser (firefox, IE, chrome)? — Wutnaut, May 07 '14 at 17:57

Can I remove Bing maps from Outlook 365 ProPlus?

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