Many people will use Windows10Debloater to debloat Windows 10. This post from MiniTool Partition Wizard shows you how to use this tool step by step. It also tells you other ways to debloat Windows 10.

Why Do You Need to Debloat Windows 10?

The Windows system becomes bigger and bigger. Microsoft adds many features to it. However, some features are unnecessary to some people. In this case, they may want to remove these features.

In addition, removing these features may allow people to install Windows 10 on a low-level or old PC. Moreover, some people may just want to remove these features to improve PC performance.

How Can I Debloat Windows 10?

In general, you can use 3 ways to debloat Windows 10. You can use Settings or Control Panel to uninstall software you don’t like. This is the traditional way but it can’t remove some Windows 10 built-in components.

You can also use commands to debloat Windows 10. To get the detailed guide, you can refer to this post: [Solved] How to Remove Windows 10 Bloatware from Your PC?

The last way is to use a Windows 10 debloater tool. In this post, I will offer a detailed guide.

How to Debloat Windows 10 with a Debloater

What is the best Debloater for Windows? Many people would like to use Windows10Debloater. It is free and you can get it from GitHub directly. How to debloat Windows 10 using the Windows 10 debloater? Here is the guide:

Tips:
Before you debloat Windows 10, it’s recommended to create a system restore point or back up data, in case the debloating operation crashes your PC.

Step 1: Go to the Windows10Debloater’s GitHub page. On the Code tab, click the Code button and then Download Zip. Then, you will get a ZIP file.

download Windows10Debloater

Step 2: Extract this ZIP file and open the extracted folder. Right-click the Windows10DebloaterGUI file and choose Run with PowerShell. This will open PowerShell and the Windows10Debloater GUI.

Tips:
If the Windows10Debloater GUI doesn’t open, see the return information on PowerShell. It may ask you to change the execution policy. Type Y and press Enter. Then, the Windows10Debloater GUI will open.
open Windows10Debloater

Step 3: Windows10Debloater offers many options to you. The Bloatware Options are important. They allow you to remove bloatware. Click Remove All Bloatware or Customise Blocklist.

Tips:
1. Remove All Bloatware will delete all bloatware directly at a time. However, Customise Blocklist can let you know what bloatware to be removed and it allows you to keep some components if you want to do that.
2. Other additional features on Windows10Debloater allow you to enable or disable Cortana/Edge PDF/Dark Theme/Telemetry, uninstall OneDrive, etc. Whether to use them is up to you.
Windows10Debloater main interface

Step 4: If you choose Customise Blocklist, you will see this window. On it, you can uncheck some components and then click Save custom Allowlist and Blocklist to custom-lists.ps1. Then, on the main interface, click Remove Bloatware with Custom Blocklist. Then, PowerShell will run the scripts to remove bloatware.

Windows10Debloater custom Allowlist and Blocklist
Tips:
Some people also use this tool to debloat Windows 11. But to do this, please choose Customise Blocklist because the default bloatware list is configured for Windows 10.

Bottom Line

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