Script meant to debloat Windows 10, enhance privacy, and improve performance & the overall user experience.
First, I am NOT liable for any potential damage or loss of data. Use and modify this script at your own risk.
Second, thank you to Sycnex for the great work on his original Windows 10 Debloater project, which heavily inspired this one.
Requirements:
Run with elevated privileges (i.e., Administrator)
One-Liner Syntax:
iex ([System.Net.WebClient]::new().DownloadString('https://git.io/JspIT'))
Uninstalls Windows 10 Bloat
- Windows 10 sponsored bloat games and sponsored apps (e.g., CandyCrush).
- Windows 10 junk no one uses (e.g., Xbox apps, Groove Music, Mixed Reality Portal, Feedback Hub).
- Even more integrated and annoying stuff like 'OneDrive'.
Improves User Privacy
- Disables Feedback Experience, anonymous data collection, suggested content, location tracking, etc.
- Disables specific scheduled tasks and services, including diagnostics tracking and CloudStore.
- Disables Cortana and included Cortana data collection.
- Disables background application access.
Enhances Overall User Experience
- Removes most junk from the taskbar (e.g., People, Meet Here, Taskview, Searchbar).
- Unpin 'Microsoft Edge' and 'Microsoft Store' from Taskbar.
- Removes live tiles and unpins all items from the Start Menu.
- Removes Bing suggestions from Search.
- Sets Windows Search to use 'Enhanced' mode instead of 'Classic'.
- Unlocks and enables the hidden 'Ultimate Performance' power plan.
- Removes the Windows Update bandwidth limitation.
- Enables 'Show File Extensions'.
- Removes Paint3D context menu options.
- Remove 3D Objects tab from Explorer submenu.
- Enables dark theme.
- Cleans up Temp directory.
- Verifies / fixes OS integrity.
- Uninstalls Internet Explorer (since Edge has an "Open in IE mode" feature).
(OPTIONAL) Downloads & Updates Useful Utiilities
- Enables .NET Framework 3.5 package.
- Updates the 'Get-Help' cmdlet (assuming you're using a fresh install of Windows 10).
- Downloads Chocolatey
--> git
--> PowerShell Core
--> Windows Terminal
--> Notepad++ (C:\.Tools\<name>)
--> 7-Zip (C:\.Tools\<name>)
--> vim (C:\.Tools\<name>)
(OPTIONAL) Installs WSL2
- Enables the 'Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux' dependency.
- Enables the 'VirtualMachinePlatform' dependency.
- Downloads the WSL2 kernel package.
- Installs the WSL2 package and sets WSL default version to 2.
OR
- Creates a small script in the 'RunOnce' registry key to finish install post-reboot.
Fresh install of Windows 10
Example Verbosity
Unfucked Windows 10
