Obligatory; It’s called linux
It honestly worked for me. I have a decade old laptop that runs better now that I installed Mint. I only use it for web browsing and occasional word processing, handles office libre just fine.
Definitely do not pay for a bloatware remove tool… That sounds like paid malware.
Also be careful with any advertisement that says it will remove bloatware. It’s likely also malware
There are some popular open source / source available scripts that are more reliable. Someone else mentioned one in this thread
The only thing I would trust for that is a clean install of the OS and then using Chris Titus’s WinUtil to remove the now standard windows bloat.
Hate that I have to run it after every Windows update now since they reactivate the crap.
This one seems pretty active: https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
I try not to use anything other than canned air dusters
Originally read that as “bioware”.
ooshutup10 . has a nice copiolet removal tab to.
These sorts of software tend to cause as many problems as they solve.
I don’t know if they’re still any good, but my go to suite back when I used to do this kind of thing regularly included C Cleaner, Revo Uninstaller, Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro, and a couple others that I’ve forgotten the names of. Each tool had a specific function or two that I needed for fixing various issues.
Of course, a wipe and reinstall is the more effective option, and since windows itself is bloatware these days I’d recommend some flavor of linux. Personally, I’m having a good time with Mint.
Piggybacking off this, is Ccleaner still any good?
I am not sure about the bloatware, but this seems good even for Windows users (I use this regularly on my Linux boxes, but have not used Windows in years): https://www.bleachbit.org/features
