Windows decrapifying

[Kaboom1]

What are some good ways to get rid of the telemetry and bloat on windows 10?
Also should this be done by installing a custom ISO or by running a cleaning script post install?
Might update this post with the good suggestions, thanks in advance.

[Kanna]

There is custom ISOs that remove the bloat Windows 10 includes but idk if I can link it, what do you mean by telemetry exactly?

[Kaboom1]

2 minutes ago, Kanna said:

what do you mean by telemetry exactly?

Basically the parts of the OS that report to microsoft and give them data about the user.

[Kanna]

Just now, Kaboom1 said:

Basically the parts of the OS that report to microsoft and give them data about the user.

I think the data tracking can be turned off to some degree

[Kaboom1]

Yeah you can turn it off when you first set up your computer.
You kinda have to just trust microsoft that they will actually act acording to the settings.
It’s nice to just remove that telemetry entirely

[DoctorNick]

You can try Spybot Anti-Beacon. I used it on Win 8, worked really well - https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/spybot_anti_beacon_for_windows_10.html

[fUnDaMeNtAl_knobhead]

You could also use this : GitHub - Sycnex/Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.

[Ratong]

Ive recently tried to debloat windows and ive found a guy on youtube that helped a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E6OT_QcHaU&t=796s

The video is old but the website he linked is updated for 2021. He made a script for powershell to do basic debloating, like remove telemetry and uninstall some windows apps. Another more complicated option is to use Sophia script, its a lil more thorough, but more work to choose the options you want.(use the wrapper as well for easier selection) https://github.com/farag2/Windows-10-Sophia-Script I really needed this to get rid of My phone and all the xbox apps that came with windows and were useless.

[Kaboom1]

Thanks for the responses
Here are the ones i think i can recommend, they're free and open
 

The first one does what it says on the tin, debloats and despooks windows, also has a nice GUI.

Sycnex's Windows10Debloater

The second one does basically the same thing as the first in addition it also offers installation of some programs through chocolaty.

ChrisTitus' win10script

I haven't used this last one so cannot comment on it, it's supposedly advanced.

farag2' Windows-10-Sophia-Script (Used to be called Setup script)