Open source · runs on your own PC

Strip the bloat out of your Windows install — not ours.

Debloat Toolkit is a set of scripts you run locally against a Windows copy you already own. It removes bundled apps, ad surfaces, and unwanted background services using Microsoft's own supported tooling. No modified ISOs, no downloads of someone else's Windows — just your machine, cleaned up.

PS C:\debloat-toolkit> .\debloat.ps1 -DryRun
# scanning provisioned packages...
# scanning scheduled tasks + services...
✔ 31 removable packages found
✔ 6 telemetry-related scheduled tasks found
# nothing changed — this was a dry run
PS C:\debloat-toolkit> .\debloat.ps1 -Apply

Why a local script instead of a ready-made ISO

Sites that hand out pre-built "debloated" Windows images are handing out modified copies of someone else's licensed software. That's a real legal problem for the site, and for anyone who downloads from it. We do it differently.

01 — you supply the OS

You point the script at your own installation or your own official Microsoft ISO. We never host, mirror, or link to Windows images.

02 — documented tooling only

Every change is made with Microsoft's own DISM, PowerShell Appx cmdlets, and Group Policy — the same mechanisms IT admins use to manage fleets of machines.

03 — nothing redistributed

The output never leaves your machine through us. Nothing you produce with the toolkit gets uploaded, hosted, or shared back through this site.

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What it removes

Configurable via a JSON profile — start from our defaults, or write your own list.

CategoryExamplesReversible
Bundled third-party appsCandy Crush, TikTok, Spotify tiles, other provisioned Appx packagesYes — reinstall from Store
First-party promo surfacesStart menu suggestions, lock screen ads, "tips" notificationsYes — via policy toggle
Optional telemetry servicesConnected User Experiences task, diagnostic scheduled tasks (set to the lowest level Microsoft documents — never fully disabled where that isn't supported)Yes — via policy toggle
Consumer feature pushWidgets, Copilot button pin, News and InterestsYes — via policy toggle
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The short version: modifying your own, already-licensed Windows install with supported admin tools is normal system administration. Building and distributing pre-modified copies of Windows for others to download is a different thing — that's redistributing a derivative of copyrighted software without a license to do so. This project only does the first one.