When you first set up a new Windows 11 PC, you may notice that it comes pre-installed with a variety of apps and programs, many of which you may never even use. These unwanted apps — commonly referred ...

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Windows 11 will soon lose the Dev Home system app - a new major removal. Some Dev Home features might continue to be ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 includes numerous pre-installed apps that many users consider bloatware, requiring time-consuming removal, often via PowerShell or third-party tools like Talon. The upcoming Windows ...

Cortana was Microsoft’s voice assistant designed to compete with Siri and Alexa, but it has now been officially discontinued. Despite this, it still appears on many Windows 11 systems, consuming ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

For users of Windows 11 who are not fond of the integrated Bing search feature, there are several methods to disable or completely remove it from the operating system. Here’s a detailed guide on how ...

Widgets in Windows 11 are designed to provide quick access to information such as news, weather, calendar events, and third-party apps like Spotify directly from your desktop. You can even access some ...

A developer who goes by "Zoicware" has joined that resistance. He recently updated his tool for ripping AI features out of Windows 11. Called RemoveWindowsAI, the ...

To fix the Photos app slowing down your Windows 11 PC, try these steps: disable it from startup via Settings or Task Manager, tweak in-app settings to turn off background performance, reset or repair ...

Microsoft introduced a lot of new features and appearance changes with Windows 11. It tweaked the taskbar and brought the Start menu to the center, which Windows users didn’t appreciate. Thankfully, ...