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Win11Debloat is an open-source PowerShell script designed to remove unnecessary apps, services, and features from Windows 10 and Windows 11. It helps users quickly declutter their system by uninstalling preinstalled bloatware and disabling unwanted background services. The tool also focuses on improving privacy by turning off telemetry, tracking features, and targeted advertisements built into Windows. In addition to removing apps, Win11Debloat provides options to customize system behavior,...

...For terminal applications, Scoop creates shims, a kind of command-line shortcut, inside the ~\scoop\shims folder, which is accessible in the PATH. For graphical applications, Scoop creates program shortcuts in a dedicated Start menu folder, called 'Scoop Apps'. This way, packages are always cleanly uninstalled and you can be sure what tools are currently in your PATH and in your Start menu.

“Debloat-Windows-10” is a GitHub repository containing a collection of PowerShell scripts intended to disable or remove unwanted Windows 10 features, built-in apps, services, telemetry components, and tweaks for performance or privacy. The project is archived as of September 23, 2025 and marked as read-only, since Windows 10 will reach end of life. The author explicitly warns that running these scripts can sometimes break system functionality (e.g. user accounts or system components) and...

DeBloatify removes the ads, Bing search, Copilot and junk apps Microsoft ships with Windows 11, and fixes common problems using Windows' own repair tools. Every setting it changes can be undone. - Ads and nags off: Start menu promotions, tips pop-ups, lock screen ads, OneDrive and Microsoft 365 upsells, the Widgets news feed - Bing out of Start search: it only shows what's on your PC, and gets faster - Copilot, Recall and the AI features in Paint and Notepad turned off - Telemetry and tracking cut to the minimum - Junk apps removed: Candy Crush, Clipchamp, Bing News, Solitaire and more - Repair tab: fix Windows Update, the Start menu, search, network problems and corrupted system files Safe by design: preview every change first, undo any setting exactly, automatic restore point. ...

...No binary files, no hustle, no bullshit. Just batch files. Just unzip anywhere and run setup.bat to install. It will install three tasks into windows scheduler and two shortcuts to start menu (enable_windows_update/disable_windows_update). First task run the script with elevated rights at the boot time. The two remaining tasks are for ENABLE/DISABLE windows update and are triggered "manually" (with shortcuts). If you want to install updates or use Windows store, just run enable_windows_update shortcut from start menu. ...