I just did the Win11Debloat via the traditional method, and it took... not even five minutes. With a disclaimer that I am tech literate but not tech savvy (that is, i can muddle my way through technical stuff like this with help from tutorials from people who know their shit; I cannot do it on my own because i don't have that level of knowledge or understanding) – here's the process, in case you're worried and want to see it in action:
A quick aside first: Something I probably (definitely?) should have done before I started was create a system restore point. Doing this means you can restore your system to what it was before you started mucking around with it, so it's a good habit to get into if you're going to do anything like this. Also a good idea to create a system restore point before running windows updates these days.
As another aside: You will also need admin access. So if you're using someone else's machine (e.g., it's shared or it's a work/school-issued one) and you don't have administrator access, you can't run this. You might be able to speak to whoever does hold the administrator access about running it though. If this is your machine that you own, you're probably fine.
Okay. Asides over. Go to the latest version of the debloater and download the .zip file:
Extract the file contents, then double-click on the file that says "run":
You'll probably get the aforementioned "ARE YOU SURE?" popup. It's fine. Just hit "run" again.
This will open PowerShell. Do not be afraid. There are some instructions on the screen:
I chose to manually select what changes to make because I was a little anxious about just letting something I didn't quite understand have free rein over my machine, so I typed in 2 and then hit enter. This brings up the next lot of text:
Same process applies – type the number or letter corresponding to what you want to do and hit enter. I chose 1 (only remove the default selection of apps) for my actual installation, but for this example I tried 3 (Manually select which apps to remove), which brings up this box:
So if you're worried about removing something you actually use, you can scroll through and check or uncheck the relevant boxes.
It then asks you more questions about what you want to keep or remove. Just carry on answering and let the script guide you through the rest of the process. Here's a YouTube video tutorial – it's a year old so doesn't show you how to do the most recent version of Win11Debloat, but it at least shows the process in action:
If you don't like the results once you're done, go ahead and recover your system via your system restore point:
Learn how to use System Restore in Windows.
That's it. Be free and debloat your shit 👍
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