What I would agree or say, is that if you debloat and update Windows, the update will most likely undo whatever you did, and well, that's part of the game. I usually solve this by disabling updates and deciding when I will update the system, so I'm prepared and have reserved time to re-apply the patches on that day.
I like when I search for a local app for it to NOT do a Bing search. I’m just weird.
But I’d really like to know how to keep it debloated. How does one keep Windows Home Edition from wanting to install OneDrive, Teams, XBox, CoPilot, etc?
Sure they can be removed, but they’re just like “the cat came back the very next day…” song.
Exactly; just use the LTSC version of W10/11. So much is stripped away from that already, no need for debloating
For example as mentioned in the article, Win11Debloat by Raphire.
Winutil is definitely a tool I wouldn't recommend for a beginner, as many of the options are things you wouldn't want to mess with, but it will create restore points for you to put things back. You can hold your mouseover the options to see what it's doing and click on the question mark icon to learn exactly what it s doing. Since it also lets you run O&O Shutup, it's getting rid of a lot of phone home garbage and tracking you want off too.
I use it and the WinAero tweak tool [1] just to keep Windows Update disabled until I can be sure the slop updates Microsoft puts out are actually working or not, since recently half the time they break something serious in the OS.
If removing Windows annoyances is what you need then Chris Titus’ winutil is fine and does what you need.
