Is a Windows 10 Debloater safe to use?

[JohanKjeldahl7]

Hello there!

 

I have a laptop which I want to make a little faster, so I have been thinking about using a debloater script for it. I heard and read very good things about it, but I am wondering if it has any risks involved... Can it damage any data from my PC? And which scripts can you recommend? How much more performance will I really get?

 

Laptop: HP 255 G7 6MR84ES#ABD

 

One more thing: Would a second 8GB RAM stick give me a noticeable performance boost?

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Skiiwee29]

 

[Jumballi]

A reputable debloater won’t hurt you, but some programs might run weird or not at as they might have used a feature many of us consider bloat. Generally the stuff you can see a tangible difference with removing are the same stuff you can delete yourself.

 

Adding more ram so it runs in dual channel mode should help you get considerably more performance. If you can add more ram, go for it

[JohanKjeldahl7]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

 

This is actually the video I got the idea from, watched it yesterday. But Jay himself had some little doubts himself that this won't cause any problems and tried it on a PC he doesn't need anymore... Thats why I am asking - just to double check that it's safe.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, JohanKjeldahl7 said:

This is actually the video I got the idea from, watched it yesterday. But Jay himself had some little doubts himself that this won't cause any problems and tried it on a PC he doesn't need anymore... Thats why I am asking - just to double check that it's safe.

I mean, anything and everything is at a risk. The worst that can happen is you brick it hard and need to do a reinstall of windows. 

[JohanKjeldahl7]

1 minute ago, Jumballi said:

A reputable debloater won’t hurt you, but some programs might run weird or not at as they might have used a feature many of us consider bloat. Generally the stuff you can see a tangible difference with removing are the same stuff you can delete yourself.

 

Adding more ram so it runs in dual channel mode should help you get considerably more performance. If you can add more ram, go for it

Alright, I will try to get another stick of RAM and maybe try the debloater - thank you!

[JohanKjeldahl7]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

I mean, anything and everything is at a risk. The worst that can happen is you brick it hard and need to do a reinstall of windows. 

So doing a backup on an external SSD is probably a good idea, right?

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, JohanKjeldahl7 said:

So doing a backup on an external SSD is probably a good idea, right?

for sure. 

[JohanKjeldahl7]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

for sure. 

Okay, thank you!

[JohanKjeldahl7]

28 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

A reputable debloater won’t hurt you, but some programs might run weird or not at as they might have used a feature many of us consider bloat. Generally the stuff you can see a tangible difference with removing are the same stuff you can delete yourself.

 

Adding more ram so it runs in dual channel mode should help you get considerably more performance. If you can add more ram, go for it

I just searched for some info on my CPU (A9-9425) and it says, that my CPU is running in single channel mode. Will one more stick of RAM give me more performance anyway?

[JohanKjeldahl7]

1 hour ago, WikiForce said:

yes, most of them are alright, i recommend sophia script and that popular debloater for windows 10 (can't recall it's name rn, iirc it's not specific) both are on github

Thank you!