Windows debloat script made by Microsoft(github.com)
39 pointsby homebrewer10 months ago7 comments
  • zadkey10 months ago
    I'm not sure I trust Microsoft's take on a debloat script for their own OS.

    Sure it will have less stuff, but I suspect there may be some remnants purposefully left behind.

    • tarnith10 months ago
      There definitely are. I don't see anything touching most of the telemetry here, cortana, etc.

      This looks like a basic default apps store uninstall and not much else.

    • RajT8810 months ago
      What jumps out at me is that it doesn't touch OneDrive.

      You could argue two potential reasons for this:

      1. This script removes only AppX packages. OneDrive is an *.msi package

      2. OneDrive is something they reinstall if you remove it, so they really are cramming it down your throat. They wouldn't include it in any debloat script.

  • LinuxBender10 months ago
    Another script to consider that has been around a while and has a number of contributors [1]. that does remove telemetry and optionally many other things. Always back up your registry and systems before using such scripts.

    [1] - https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

    • nightshift110 months ago
      There are indeed many other alternatives that are more complete, but they always bundle or make you download an opaque binary file.
      • LinuxBender10 months ago
        The script I linked is a collection of PowerShell, .bat and .reg files unless something changed recently.
  • Group_B10 months ago
    I’d like to think there is a Microsoft developer out there that used this script on the very machine that is helping create one of the listed applications that was removed.
  • trinix91210 months ago
    This just removes the APPX packages but keeps all other bloat (system-wide telemetry and such).
  • tarnith10 months ago
    or the much more thorough https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
  • movingontonext10 months ago
    Not Solitaire!
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