Raphire/Win11Debloat

You can easily get rid of most Windows annoyances in <10 minutes without AI. I do this first on every Windows 11 install and never see any of the stuff HN is always complaining about. https://github.com/raphire/win11debloat I use agentic tools myself but I really don't understand why some people seem to enjoy the idea of spending their money/quota/extra time just to redo something that already exists as an open source project...

Never a wrong time to promote windows 11 debloat [1]. Not affiliated. Used it a few days ago for the first time and it transformed the stinking pile of poorly designed adware to something that resembles a pretty decent operating system. [1] https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

I recently set up a new gaming PC, made from cannibalised parts of other machines. I installed Windows 11 as there was no point starting on an older OS (and Bazzite etc really struggled with the nvidia GPU so Linux was a non-starter even though I love my Steam Deck and Proton). The one saving grace for all of this was Win11Debloat[0]. I cannot recommend this set of configuration changes etc more highly. It kills _almost_ everything that irked me about 11. Use at your own risk, but it's now part of my standard install practice. [0] https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

…straightforward easily auditable PowerShell script enabling/disabling Windows/app features via approved OS provided API interfaces without any hacky brittle workarounds that eventually stop working. It's the first thing I install on any fresh Windows 11 install for the past 4+ years. I get more ads on MacOS thanks to their lovely Apple TV, iCloud, etc push notifications than I ever see on Windows 11 (≈ 0) after running it. I've updated hundreds of times across multiple machines and it's never stopped working. I'm only reminded it exists by its absence whenever I use an out of the box Win 11 install on a new PC which is painful in comparison. I actually prefer debloated Win 11 to plain Win…

Win11debloat solves 99% of annoyances with Windows 11 in <5 minutes. I’ve used in as the first step on every Win 11 install for years. It’s mostly just a bunch of Powershell commands disabling/configuring features. https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat Nothing has ever reverted after an update for me, so it’s a one-and-done thing. Ironically, afterwards Windows 11 has fewer noticeable ads than my MacBook which still continually pushes Apple services/shows/etc in settings/push notifications. The only setting that I’ve ever seen sneakily disabled in recent years is the Edge default search engine but that's out-of-scope for Win11debloat.

I had my new Win11 PC preinstalled by the vendor and then immediately ran Win11Debloat on it. It's been quite painless that way; not many nuisances except a few OneDrive popups to extinguish and the typical forced reboots after updates. https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

I finally updated a couple of months ago after putting it off forever and it's been fine for me too. I'm on Pro version and I just used this as the first step after upgrading: https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat No issues so far, no ads, none of the complaints others are seeing. I'm a power user too: I do gaming, programming, music production, video editing, etc. All of those things are fine. My only real problem was not being able to have two rows on the taskbar, which I solved with Windhawk's "Multirow taskbar for Windows 11" mod. Done and done.

I am not surprised. My Windows 11 systems with modern and beefy hardware frequently runs very slow for reasons unknown. I did use https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat recently and that seemed to have helped. Windows by default comes with a lot of crap that most of us do not use but it consumes resources anyway. I have been considering a move back to Linux. It is only Microsoft Teams on Windows that I have to use daily that is holding me back.

I have a 7 year old mini 'NUC' PC that ran Windows 10. I installed Windows 11 and used a popular Debloat program [1] - this produced a very nice operating system that suits me well and performed well. I also tried to install various Linux distros on a partition but all of the installations failed towards the end of the process, causing various boot loader and other problems that required a lot of uncomfortable fixing in terminals and BIOS. I would have liked to be using Linux but as it turned out a de-bloated Windows 11 experience is very good for me. [1] https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat?utm_source=perplexity

I've started using Tiny11 on all my setups, then running DeBloat afterwards. This removes every piece of crapware* and none of them seem to try to reinstall on update (so far, fingers crossed). https://ntdotdev.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/the-complete-tiny10-and-tiny11-list/ https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat * be warned, this also removes Edge, so you have to grab your own browser installer of choice