{"slug": "o-o-shutup10", "name": "O&O ShutUp10", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 10, "commenters": 12, "warners": 1, "score": 7.257, "rising": -0.95, "first": "2025-11-20", "latest": "2026-09-05", "why": "I use O&O ShutUp10++ to completely get rid of OneDrive and other annoying Microsoft tools", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 11, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 1}, "spark": [1, 1, 5, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I use O&O ShutUp10++ to completely get rid of OneDrive and other annoying Microsoft tools", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "oo-software.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["O&O ShutUp10", "O&O ShutUp10++", "OOShutUp10"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793050416, "item_id": 49565651, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565651", "by": "pentagrama", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I find O&O ShutUp10 easier to use and understand.", "excerpt": "Open-source alternatives that offer similar functionality: - WinScript: https://winscript.cc/ - Winhance: https://winhance.net/ I find O&O ShutUp10 easier to use and understand.", "context": "", "use_case": "Windows privacy tweaks", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 791767378, "item_id": 49485461, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485461", "by": "Joel_Mckay", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "disarming Win11 TPM/Drive-boobytrap/BS-encryption/Spam is easy with Rufus, O&O ShutUp10, and Copilot removal", "excerpt": "The issue is the update license is different than full install licenses, and the red sticker oem licenses people scam are hardware specific. You usually must pay for windows twice (or more if you don't know) to be Pro license compliant for commercial use. Setting a machine up for multi-boot Linux/BSD is not always a simple process with every BIOS firmware, and configuring Windows to stop automatic encryption of NTFS ", "context": "", "use_case": "disable Windows privacy settings", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your Windows license refund"}, {"id": 772133776, "item_id": 48258361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258361", "by": "Joel_Mckay", "date": "2026-05-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "removing garbage code/adware/shovel-ware", "excerpt": "Copilot and MS365 have some API areas that no one outside MS actually knows what they do. Day 2 task was cleaning our Win11 Steam game install drive: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI (when it works) Day 1 task installing Win11 Pro in offline-mode without TPM/Bitlocker speeds up the benchmarks a bit for a game system: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases Fun time", "context": "", "use_case": "Removing Windows bloat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Childhood Computing"}, {"id": 760045952, "item_id": 47502872, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47502872", "by": "BloondAndDoom", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use this https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 or something similar", "excerpt": "Use this https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 or something similar, unfortunately without this level of tweaking it will be a shit show, not deeply modified windows feels like browsing the internet without an ad blocker.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft's \"Fix\" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating"}, {"id": 749014849, "item_id": 46813428, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46813428", "by": "hiccuphippo", "date": "2026-01-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "open O&O Shutup10 and disable a few more \"features\"", "excerpt": "I'd recommend Chris Titus' winutil to remove most of the crap. I use the recommended settings and also remove copilot and onedrive. Then from there you can open O&O Shutup10 and disable a few more \"features\". It's just a band-aid not a solution, and you'll have to run it again after Windows updates and helpfully undoes your settings, but at least makes it usable. https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil", "context": "", "use_case": "disabling Windows telemetry", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793070385, "item_id": 49566899, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566899", "by": "swat535", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "warn", "quote": "There are plenty of better open source alternatives like FlyOOBE", "excerpt": "There are plenty of better open source alternatives like FlyOOBE: https://github.com/builtbybel/FlyOOBE/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}]}], "who": [{"by": "celsoazevedo", "context": "Windows user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564720", "date": "2026-09-04"}, {"by": "nfriedly", "context": "refreshes computers for local folks", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350740", "date": "2025-12-21"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["windows privacy settings", "windows privacy tweaks", "disable windows privacy settings", "removing windows bloat", "disabling windows telemetry", "removing onedrive and microsoft bloat"], "compared": [{"slug": "windows-11", "name": "Windows 11", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "rufus", "name": "Rufus", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "win11debloat", "name": "Win11Debloat", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "removewindowsai", "name": "RemoveWindowsAI", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "schneegans-unattend-generator", "name": "Schneegans unattend generator", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49562895", "title": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347108", "title": "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478340", "title": "Get your Windows license refund", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48256597", "title": "Childhood Computing", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500335", "title": "Microsoft's \"Fix\" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795864", "title": "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 5}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1, "warn": 1, "compare": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 793182288, "item_id": 49573893, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49573893", "by": "kasabali", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "compare", "quote": "\"debloating\" after it's installed is always bad business.", "excerpt": "> https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator made all those tools obsolete and useless for the most part, \"debloating\" after it's installed is always bad business. Unattended is no \"magic\". Go ahead and inspect the xml file created by that utility, all the customization and debloating is practically same as running a script post install. If you really want to debloat before it's installed you want this: https:/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 793070385, "item_id": 49566899, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566899", "by": "swat535", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "warn", "quote": "There are plenty of better open source alternatives like FlyOOBE", "excerpt": "There are plenty of better open source alternatives like FlyOOBE: https://github.com/builtbybel/FlyOOBE/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 793050416, "item_id": 49565651, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565651", "by": "pentagrama", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I find O&O ShutUp10 easier to use and understand.", "excerpt": "Open-source alternatives that offer similar functionality: - WinScript: https://winscript.cc/ - Winhance: https://winhance.net/ I find O&O ShutUp10 easier to use and understand.", "context": "", "use_case": "Windows privacy tweaks", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 793035520, "item_id": 49564720, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564720", "by": "celsoazevedo", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Been using this for a few years", "excerpt": "Been using this for a few years, since I moved to Windows 10, so I don't think it's a copy. But thanks for the link, wasn't aware about that open source project.", "context": "Windows user", "use_case": "Windows privacy settings", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 791767378, "item_id": 49485461, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485461", "by": "Joel_Mckay", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "disarming Win11 TPM/Drive-boobytrap/BS-encryption/Spam is easy with Rufus, O&O ShutUp10, and Copilot removal", "excerpt": "The issue is the update license is different than full install licenses, and the red sticker oem licenses people scam are hardware specific. You usually must pay for windows twice (or more if you don't know) to be Pro license compliant for commercial use. Setting a machine up for multi-boot Linux/BSD is not always a simple process with every BIOS firmware, and configuring Windows to stop automatic encryption of NTFS ", "context": "", "use_case": "disable Windows privacy settings", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your Windows license refund"}, {"id": 772133776, "item_id": 48258361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258361", "by": "Joel_Mckay", "date": "2026-05-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "removing garbage code/adware/shovel-ware", "excerpt": "Copilot and MS365 have some API areas that no one outside MS actually knows what they do. Day 2 task was cleaning our Win11 Steam game install drive: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI (when it works) Day 1 task installing Win11 Pro in offline-mode without TPM/Bitlocker speeds up the benchmarks a bit for a game system: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases Fun time", "context": "", "use_case": "Removing Windows bloat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Childhood Computing"}, {"id": 760045952, "item_id": 47502872, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47502872", "by": "BloondAndDoom", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use this https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 or something similar", "excerpt": "Use this https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 or something similar, unfortunately without this level of tweaking it will be a shit show, not deeply modified windows feels like browsing the internet without an ad blocker.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft's \"Fix\" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating"}, {"id": 749014849, "item_id": 46813428, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46813428", "by": "hiccuphippo", "date": "2026-01-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "open O&O Shutup10 and disable a few more \"features\"", "excerpt": "I'd recommend Chris Titus' winutil to remove most of the crap. I use the recommended settings and also remove copilot and onedrive. Then from there you can open O&O Shutup10 and disable a few more \"features\". It's just a band-aid not a solution, and you'll have to run it again after Windows updates and helpfully undoes your settings, but at least makes it usable. https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil", "context": "", "use_case": "disabling Windows telemetry", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"}, {"id": 747375824, "item_id": 46710989, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46710989", "by": "celsoazevedo", "date": "2026-01-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "which lets me easily disable (and revert the changes if needed) most of the crap enabled by default", "excerpt": "I don't use Windows a lot, but still have a desktop for gaming. With Windows 10, I started using \"O&O ShutUp10\"[0], which lets me easily disable (and revert the changes if needed) most of the crap enabled by default. There's no OneDrive, CoPilot, weather, \"news\", etc, annoying me, which makes my Windows experience bearable. I just have to open the app once after each major update because Microsoft loves to re-enable ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11"}, {"id": 744023200, "item_id": 46501450, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501450", "by": "PhilipDaineko", "date": "2026-01-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use O&O ShutUp10++ to completely get rid of OneDrive and other annoying Microsoft tools", "excerpt": "I use O&O ShutUp10++ to completely get rid of OneDrive and other annoying Microsoft tools from the recent version of Windows.", "context": "", "use_case": "removing OneDrive and Microsoft bloat", "switched_from": "", "story": "OneDrive just deleted all of my files"}, {"id": 743693905, "item_id": 46480869, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480869", "by": "wvenable", "date": "2026-01-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "O2O Shutup is also pretty useful", "excerpt": "If you're willing go through a little bit of trouble -- and it sounds like you are -- it's pretty easy to configure Windows 11 to look and act pretty much like Windows 7. You'd be hard pressed to tell what version of Windows I'm running if you gave it a cursory glance. The main tool for me is https://www.startallback.com/ O2O Shutup is also pretty useful https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 for disabling anything ", "context": "", "use_case": "disable unwanted Windows features", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet"}, {"id": 743436289, "item_id": 46464768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464768", "by": "EMM_386", "date": "2026-01-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If I did, this can be fixed easily by even non-technical users with OOShutUp10 or similar", "excerpt": "\"And wow is it nice not to have all the ads and crapware in our faces anymore.\" I don't understand this - and I'm not being a Windows defender here, I use Linux when I can (and promote its use). But my Windows 11 installation has zero ads and zero \"crapware\". And it's a Dell! Everything that I didn't want on the machine was removed when I purchased it (two years ago). I see no ads. If I did, this can be fixed easily ", "context": "", "use_case": "Disabling Windows ads and settings", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it"}, {"id": 741659921, "item_id": 46353745, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353745", "by": "nfriedly", "date": "2025-12-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "O&O ShutUp10++: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10", "excerpt": "Rufus: https://rufus.ie/en/ How-to guide: https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-install-windows-11-using-rufus-bypass-restrictions-and-create-local-account.348702/ Alternative options that don't involve any third-party software: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2121461/install-windows-11-without-secure-boot-on-an-unsup O&O ShutUp10++: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 Firefox: https://www.f", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone"}, {"id": 741611841, "item_id": 46350740, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350740", "by": "nfriedly", "date": "2025-12-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using that along with O&O Shut Up 10++", "excerpt": "I used Rufus to make a Windows 11 installer USB drive that bypasses the TPM check and online account setup and a couple of other things. I've been using that along with O&O Shut Up 10++, and Firefox with uBlock Origin to refresh computers for local folks. With the \"requirements\" check bypassed, Windows 11 actually runs on the Intel 1st gen Core i-series and newer, as well as any Ryzen CPU and, I think, a couple of ea", "context": "refreshes computers for local folks", "use_case": "Windows privacy settings", "switched_from": "", "story": "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone"}, {"id": 735960640, "item_id": 45997540, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45997540", "by": "ewzimm", "date": "2025-11-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "All the missing privacy switches you'd want.", "excerpt": "I'm also a long-time Linux user, but there are some things that still need Windows, so here are my cheat codes to make it usable: O&O Shutup: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 All the missing privacy switches you'd want. Run it after any updates. PowerToys: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ The real utilities you'll want to control your UI as a power user. Just autohide the taskbar and disabl", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable"}]}