Setting up your device
Simply toggle features on or off based on your preferences. It's an easy way to fine-tune your Windows experience to suit your needs.
Windows 11 includes ads by default in the form of Microsoft promoting its own services and apps. These ads can include fun facts, tips, tricks, recommendations, and suggestions within the UI of Windows 11.
Show recommendations for tips, app promotions, and more on Start menu.
Let apps show me personalized ads by using my advertising ID
Show the "Windows welcome experience" after updates and occasionally signing in to highlight what's new and suggested.
Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device.
Tips and Suggestions Notifications on your Windows device for a more focused computing experience
Show suggested content in Settings app.
Get fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on your lock screen.
Sync provider notifications in File Explorer.
Tailored experiences uses your Windows diagnostic data to offer you personalized tips, ads, and recommendations to enhance Microsoft experiences.
Windows won't be able to help you keep track of your device if you lose it.
Send only info about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly. Diagnostic data is used to help keep Windows secure and up to date, troubleshoot problems, and make product improvements
Help Microsoft improve your Windows experience and fix problems more quickly by sending us additional diagnostic data. This includes data about websites you browse, how you use apps and features, and enhanced error reporting.
This will disable Microsoft Store apps from running in the background.
When you create a new account in Windows, it comes up with options related to privacy. For example, you will see the option to enable or disable Speech recognition, Location service, Find my device, Inking & typing, and so on.
Truncated context menus are Windows 11 worst feature.
You can customize your lock screen. Try changing the background to a favorite photo or slide show. You can also choose quick status notifications to show you upcoming calendar events, social network updates, or other app and system notifications.
If your PC is experiencing slowdowns or inexplicable crashes, then you should make it your priority to diagnose what’s causing those problems. You can configure Windows so that you receive verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. Verbose status messages may be helpful when you're troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behavior.
This will uninstall the Fax Printer. This action can not be undone.
This will install or uninstall the XPS Writer.
Visual effects are the visual bells and whistles for the appearance of Windows for your account. These visual bells and whistles can affect the performance of Windows on the PC though. This will turn off all visual effects under My computer > Properties > Advanced > Settings > and set to "Adjust for best performance".
The built-in Game DVR feature helps you record your gameplay, capture screenshots, and share them online. But it can interfere with your game’s performance, too. Background recording requires some of your GPU power, and some gamers will want all the GPU power they can get. If you experience low FPS or FPS loss after upgrading to Windows 11, you may resolve the issue by disabling the Xbox DVR feature.
With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft’s OS has added feature called Power Throttling Power Throttling is only available on Intel 6th gen and higher processors), a way to increase the battery life of laptops by slowing down background processes. This feature is enabled by default in laptops and tablets. Though Windows is good at detecting background apps and limiting power, there might be situations where this feature is not so desirable.
The Windows 11 Start menu comes with a default Bing search engine. It shows up when you use Windows Search or open the Start menu. For local searches, it doesn't work well and slows down the search experience.
Show or hide most used apps in Windows 11 start menu.
Pin more Apps on Start menu in Windows 11 start menu.
Show or hide Chat icon of Microsoft Teams on Windows 11 taskbar.
Show or hide Task view button on Windows 11 taskbar.
Recall (preview) helps you find things you've seen on your PC when you allow Windows to save snapshots of your screen every few seconds.
Find documents, images, websites, and more. Just describe what you're looking for using everyday words or scroll through the timeline to see your snapshots.
Here, you can disable screen snapshots for all users on this machine.
Feel free to search for AI/Copilot features right here in Windows, whether it's in the Edge browser or the taskbar. If Copilot activities are detected, you can easily disable them here.
This will remove Copilot/AI in Microsoft Edge browser.
This will remove Copilot/AI Icon in the Taskbar.
Debloat your system
You have two options: either manually select and remove specific apps, or utilize the Assisted search button to let Clippy effortlessly handle the entire process for you.
Recommended for removal
Installed App Packages
Install apps
This user-friendly interface simplifies app installations, making the process quick and hassle-free.
ID Google.Chrome
A more simple, secure, and faster web browser than ever, with Google’s smarts built-in.
ID Mozilla.Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is free and open source software, built by a community of thousands from all over the world.
ID TheBrowserCompany.Arc
Arc is a new browser that shapes itself to how you use the internet. It offers Spaces, Profiles, Split View, Themes, and more to organize and customize your online experience.
ID Opera.Opera
The Opera browser includes everything you need for private, safe, and efficient browsing, along with a variety of unique features to enhance your capabilities online.
ID VivaldiTechnologies.Vivaldi
Web browser based on Chromium with added features inspired by Opera.
ID VideoLAN.VLC
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.
ID 7Zip.7zip
Free and open source file archiver with a high compression ratio.
ID Notepad++.Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor that supports several languages.
ID Microsoft.PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
ID Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit
The free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, signing, and commenting on PDF documents.
ID IrfanSkiljan.IrfanView
Fast and compact image viewer and converter
Extensions for Clippy
Discover external scripts and plugins to enhance your Winpilot experience and customize Windows to your preferences. With these extensions, you can modify Windows with tweaks just like you would manually with RegEdit or PowerShell, but in a simpler and more intuitive way.
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