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About O&O AppBuster
O&O AppBuster lists the apps that come with Windows, including preinstalled and hidden ones, and lets you remove the ones you do not use. It is aimed at people cleaning up a new or reinstalled PC who would rather not deal with PowerShell commands to strip out bundled apps.
It is one of the freeware tools from O&O Software, the German company behind O&O ShutUp10++ and O&O DiskImage, and is available as an installer or portable program.
Strengths
- Removes preinstalled Windows apps without scripting
- Shows hidden apps as well as visible ones
- From an established Windows software company
Limitations
- Windows only
- Closed source
- Removing system apps can affect Windows features that rely on them
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree of charge as part of O&O's freeware range.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- O&O Software GmbH
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Cleaning bundled apps off a new or freshly installed Windows PC
- Categories
- System utilities
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Win11Debloat
A PowerShell script that removes pre-installed apps, disables telemetry and simplifies the Windows interface, with no installation.
Win11Debloat is an open-source PowerShell script that also disables telemetry and simplifies the interface, and it can export settings for use on other machines.
Bloatynosy
A small open-source Windows 11 tool for removing preinstalled bloat and unwanted default settings.
Bloatynosy is a small MIT-licensed executable focused on Windows 11 bloat and default settings, whereas O&O AppBuster is closed source and focused on app removal.
Winhance
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Winhance is open source and combines app removal with tweaks, customization and app installation, so it changes more of Windows than O&O AppBuster does.
WinUtil
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WinUtil is an open-source PowerShell toolbox that adds bulk app installs, tweaks and update control, and it must run as administrator from a downloaded script.
Sophia Script for Windows
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Sophia Script for Windows is an open-source PowerShell module with very granular per-function settings for Windows 10 and 11, including built-in app removal.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller
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Bulk Crap Uninstaller is open source under Apache-2.0 and removes Store apps along with desktop programs and leftovers, in one queue.
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