De-Bloating Windows and Increasing Privacy

• Tron Script

  • Tron is a glorified collection of batch files that automate the process of cleaning up Windows systems. It is built with heavy reliance on community input and updated regularly.

  • Tron supports all versions of Windows from 7 to 11 (server variants included).

• Debotnet - Debotnet is a tiny portable tool for controlling Windows 10's many privacy-related settings and keep your personal data private.

• Privatezilla - Performs a privacy & security check of Windows 10.

• WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows

• privacy.sexy (Source Code) - Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows and macOS, because privacy is sexy.

• WinSlap - Swiftly configure a fresh Windows 10 installation with useful tweaks and antispy settings.

• Chemo - Remove pre-installed junk from Windows 10.

• 0&0 - Free antispy tool

• WPD Privacy Dashboard -

• O&O AppBuster - Bust Apps you do not want (uninstall store applications and packages)

• Windows 10 DNS Block List - Windows DNS Block List

  • This is an exhaustive list of all Windows DNS names that call back to Microsoft or third party applications builtin to the Operating System.

• Windows 10 Privacy Guide - 1903 Update (mirror)

• Sophia Script for Windows - The most powerful PowerShell module on GitHub for Windows 10 & Windows 11 fine-tuning and tweaking.

• Optimize Offline - Optimize-Offline is a Windows 10 offline image optimization framework.

• Windows 10 Bloat Remover and Tweaker - Configurable CLI tool to easily and aggressively debloat and tweak Windows 10 by removing preinstalled UWP apps, services and more.

• Windows On Reins - Wor is a Powershell script to harden, debloat, optimize, enhance privacy, avoid fingerprinting and improve performance on Windows 10 and 11.

• PowerShell scripts for Windows 10 - PowerShell script for Windows 10 privacy settings.

• Windows10Tools - Tools for Windows 10.

• win10-unfuck - Remove anti-privacy, anti-security, and general nuisance "features" from Windows 10.

• Windows-Optimize-Debloat - For those who seek to minimize their Windows 10 installs.

• Win10 Initial Setup Script - PowerShell script for automation of routine tasks done after fresh installations of Windows 10 / Server 2016 / Server 2019.

• windows-settings - Windows 10 hardening scripts and configs.

• Windows 10 Privacy and Control Enhance - A PowerShell script to automatically configure for the highest privacy and control settings in Windows 10.

• Windows 10 Privacy Fixup - Fixes and nuters the Windows 10 bloat and privacy violations so it can be finally usable.

• windows10-debloat - Collection of various scripts and apps to debloat Windows 10 for better privacy, performance and optimization.

• BetterPrivacy - PowerShell script to improve your privacy on Windows 10 computers.

• Windows 10 batch optimizer - Autotuner Windows 10 for awesome perfomance setting, privacy and security.

• Windows-10-Hardening - An admittedly frivolous (and infrequently updated) attempt to harden Windows 10.

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Resources collected with the help of TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy repository