Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?

• Windows10Debloater

  85 17,293 0.0 PowerShell

  Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.

  I've used this script for every new install of Windows and it makes the experience quite a bit better: https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater .

  17k stars on GitHub so lots of people agree.

• BeachedWhale

  1 66 10.0 PowerShell

  BeachedWhale removes Windows 10 bloatware

  I always liked this for Win 10

  https://github.com/southpaw5271/BeachedWhale

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• Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller

  59 8,165 0.0 C#

  Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.

  It's not exactly a debloater, but https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ will help you to get rid of majority of bloatware. It's not automatic unfortunately, you need to know what you're doing.

• Open-Shell-Menu

  68 5,654 6.9 C++

  Classic Shell Reborn.

  

  I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.

  [1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564

• Atlas

  89 8,935 9.9 Batchfile

  🚀 An open and lightweight modification to Windows, designed to optimize performance, privacy and security.

  

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