diff --git a/src/PostIt/Directory.Packages.props b/src/PostIt/Directory.Packages.props
index 62b3a343..900f1428 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/PostIt/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Material.Avalonia" Version="3.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" Version="10.0.90" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Browser" Version="1.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Core.SplashScreen" Version="1.2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/PostIt.csproj b/src/PostIt/PostIt/PostIt.csproj
index 1b14653a..d9cf96d3 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/PostIt.csproj
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/PostIt.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
     <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
-     <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
     <AvaloniaUseCompiledBindingsByDefault>true</AvaloniaUseCompiledBindingsByDefault>
     <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>1.0.1.0</FileVersion>
     <InformationalVersion>1.0.1-5+Branch.main.Sha.0617fc6bda7151c70559d87177e2dcfb1b60995f</InformationalVersion>
     <Version>1.0.1-5</Version>
-
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <AvaloniaResource Include="Assets\**" />
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" />
     <PackageReference Include="IdentityModel.OidcClient" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" />
     <ProjectReference Include="../../Yavsc.Abstract/Yavsc.Abstract.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -42,4 +39,4 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Desktop.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Desktop.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 82746c49..00000000
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Desktop.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#if !ANDROID && !IOS
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace PostIt.Services;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Desktop stub for IContactService.
-///
-/// On desktop targets (Linux, macOS, Windows) MAUI Essentials
-/// Contacts.Default throws NotImplementedInReferenceAssemblyException,
-/// so we short-circuit with an empty list rather than trying to
-/// call into the portable facade at runtime.
-///
-/// Future provider plug-ins (Google Contacts API, Exchange EWS,
-/// CardDAV) can either replace this stub on a per-OS basis or
-/// live behind their own IContactService implementation that the
-/// DI container selects by configuration.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class ContactService : IContactService
-{
-    public Task<IReadOnlyList<ContactDto>> GetDeviceContactsAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
-        => Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<ContactDto>>(Array.Empty<ContactDto>());
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Mobile.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Mobile.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 744fb9a6..00000000
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/ContactService.Mobile.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#if ANDROID || IOS
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel.Communication;
-using Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel;
-using Microsoft.Maui.Devices;
-
-namespace PostIt.Services;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Mobile implementation backed by MAUI Essentials Contacts.Default.
-///
-/// Compiled only for ANDROID and IOS. On desktop targets, see
-/// ContactService.Desktop.cs (the stub that wins at compile time).
-///
-/// Note: at runtime, this class throws
-/// NotImplementedInReferenceAssemblyException unless the host
-/// application project also references the platform-specific
-/// Microsoft.Maui.Essentials implementation (typically the
-/// PostIt.Android project). On iOS the same is required via
-/// PostIt.iOS. On desktop the stub is used and this file is excluded.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class ContactService : IContactService
-{
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<ContactDto>> GetDeviceContactsAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
-    {
-        if (DeviceInfo.Current.Platform == DevicePlatform.Unknown)
-            return Array.Empty<ContactDto>();
-
-        try
-        {
-            var status = await Permissions.RequestAsync<Permissions.ContactsRead>();
-            if (status != PermissionStatus.Granted)
-                return Array.Empty<ContactDto>();
-
-            var contacts = await Contacts.Default.GetAllAsync();
-            if (contacts is null) return Array.Empty<ContactDto>();
-
-            var result = new List<ContactDto>();
-            foreach (var c in contacts)
-            {
-                var emails = new List<string>();
-                if (c.Emails is not null)
-                {
-                    foreach (var e in c.Emails)
-                    {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.EmailAddress))
-                            emails.Add(e.EmailAddress);
-                    }
-                }
-                result.Add(new ContactDto(c.Id, c.DisplayName ?? string.Empty, emails));
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"ContactService: {ex.Message}");
-            return Array.Empty<ContactDto>();
-        }
-    }
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/IContactService.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/IContactService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c6da44a..00000000
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Services/IContactService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace PostIt.Services;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Abstraction over device contact providers (MAUI Essentials on mobile,
-/// future Google/Exchange/IMAP providers).
-///
-/// Implementations live next to this file in platform-conditional
-/// source files: ContactService.Mobile.cs (ANDROID/IOS) and
-/// ContactService.Desktop.cs (everything else).
-/// </summary>
-public interface IContactService
-{
-    Task<IReadOnlyList<ContactDto>> GetDeviceContactsAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
-}
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Platform-neutral contact DTO. Source-of-truth shape for the UI layer;
-/// concrete providers (MAUI Essentials today, Google Contacts API later)
-/// map to this type.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed record ContactDto(
-    string Id,
-    string DisplayName,
-    IReadOnlyList<string> Emails);