

The number of selected items is displayed in the status bar.Īn option to display checked items only is missing, which makes verifying the selection cumbersome, as you have to scroll the entire listing to find all checked items. The handy "toggle suggested bloatware" button checks bloatware that the application identifies based on a list of bloatware apps.

If lots of software is installed on the device, the list will be long. The length of the list depends on past activity. An option to open the program folder or main executable file is not provided these would be useful for double-checking certain applications. Each program is listed with its name, version and publisher. The portable program lists all installed applications in its interface. A command prompt window is displayed for a short moment before the actual graphical user interface is loaded.Cautious users may open the script in any plain text editor to check its instructions before doing so. It is necessary to run the script with elevated rights. Right-click on the Bloatware-Removal-Utility.bat file and select "run as administrator".Extract the content to the local system after the 332 Kilobyte download completes.To get started, download the latest source code asset from the project's releases page on the GitHub repository.

It has a graphical user interface that is easy to use, even for beginners. Scripts like Windows10Debloater were created specifically for Windows 10 and newer versions of Windows to address the increasing number of apps that Microsoft added to its operating systems by default.īloatware Removal Tool is provided as a batch script and other files. I reviewed programs such as Decrap in the past that targeted manufacturer bloat, including paid program inclusions, for the most part. While some are certainly useful, including all-time classics such as Notepad, Paint or Calculator, others, such as 3D Builder, Clipchamp or Mixed Reality Portal may be largely ignored by Windows users.īloatware Removal Utility is not the first tool of its kind. Especially newer versions of Windows include a large number of pre-installed applications.
