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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": 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": 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"}]}], "caveats": [], "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", "disabling windows telemetry", "removing onedrive and microsoft bloat"], "compared": [{"slug": "win11debloat", "name": "Win11Debloat", "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": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795864", "title": "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46493506", "title": "OneDrive just deleted all of my files", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347108", "title": "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"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. 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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": 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": 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"}]}