Windows 11 bloatware

Aidanmc

I have removed some of the bloatware but is there any of these remaining definitely worth getting rid off.

forgotmyname

Almost all of them for me but I don't know what your uses are.  Do you use any of those apps?

I remove almost all of the MS junk, even the stuff they do not have uninstalls for you can uninstall through
the command line.

Vitor

I'd blow away -
Brave Browser (use Edge)
Microsoft OneNote
Solitaire and Spades games
Sticky Notes
User Experience Program and Service

Then keep on eye on CPU use in TaskManager and review anything that seems to be greedy. Also look at 'Startup Apps' in TaskManager and disable anything that looks like guff or has a high impact.

GDB2222

Doesn't a lot of that stuff just sit on the SSD, without affecting the running of the computer?

Aidanmc

forgotmyname said:

Almost all of them for me but I don't know what your uses are.  Do you use any of those apps?

I remove almost all of the MS junk, even the stuff they do not have uninstalls for you can uninstall through
the command line.

A lot of those apps i dont even know what they are or mean!
I just dont want to get rid of something that may affect using the laptop

Aidanmc

Vitor said:

I'd blow away -
Brave Browser (use Edge)
Microsoft OneNote
Solitaire and Spades games
Sticky Notes
User Experience Program and Service

Then keep on eye on CPU use in TaskManager and review anything that seems to be greedy. Also look at 'Startup Apps' in TaskManager and disable anything that looks like guff or has a high impact.

I only put Brave on today.
I'm still playing about as to what browser i prefer or is best. 
I liked Brave as it blocked youtube ads, but i find out now the is issues watching amazon movies.

PHK

Aidanmc said:

Vitor said:

I'd blow away -
Brave Browser (use Edge)
Microsoft OneNote
Solitaire and Spades games
Sticky Notes
User Experience Program and Service

Then keep on eye on CPU use in TaskManager and review anything that seems to be greedy. Also look at 'Startup Apps' in TaskManager and disable anything that looks like guff or has a high impact.

I only put Brave on today.
I'm still playing about as to what browser i prefer or is best. 
I liked Brave as it blocked youtube ads, but i find out now the is issues watching amazon movies.

Brave is of concern to some people. It was caught adding affiliate links to generate money , there were some privacy issues (DNS leaks apparently fixed), ads and the owner has some controversial views

Aidanmc

what is this?

Neil_Jones

Aidanmc said:

what is this?

What it says.

Something installed on the computer needs that otherwise it won't work.

Uninstall it if you wish but don't be surprised if various pieces of software stops working...

GDB2222

Aidanmc said:

what is this?

Programmes written in C++ won't work without it. 

I can understand why you want  to stop things starting up and eating clock cycles. But disc space is so cheap, it seems daft to delete stuff that might be needed one day.

Aidanmc

Neil_Jones said:

Aidanmc said:

what is this?

What it says.

Something installed on the computer needs that otherwise it won't work.

Uninstall it if you wish but don't be surprised if various pieces of software stops working...

Ok sorry for asking silly question. Its just someone above said they would get rid of nearly all those apps so i didnt know if this was important or not.
Anyway, i disabled all the startup apps and that seems to have mad a difference.