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+title: "Clean Windows 10/11 Installation: 💯 Remove CoPilot and Bloatware"
+description:
+  Are you sick of windows increasing bloat and unwarranted AI garbage? I am. And
+  this is how I get rid of it!
+pubDatetime: 2024-10-16T16:52:50.919Z
+draft: true
+tags:
+  - tutorial
+---
+
+I am getting sick of windows increasing bloatware and unwarranted "AI" garbage - copilot, recall 🗑️.
+And if you agree, then in this post I'll discuss how to remove/disable it all!
+
+**Prereq**: [Downlad](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download) and create an installation media for windows 10/11.
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. Select region as world on when the installation media boots up, this will get rid of all the regional crap
+2. install normally now
+3. (optional) On windows 11, to bypass the miscrosoft login if you want to use a local account:
+   1. hit shift+f10
+   2. type `oobe\bypassnro`
+   3. **TIP**: you can enable this bypass while creating the installation media using Rufus
+4. (optional for windows 11 Pro edition) bitlocker is enabled by default, so hit search "bitlocker" and disable it if you don't want it to cause performance bottlenecks
+5. Download [Shut Up 10](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10). It's named 10 but it works on windows 11 as well
+6. Use the windows firewall "outbound" rules to disable telemetry and tracking. (optional) recommend portmaster
+7. Open it, and select 'Local Machine' tab, and toggle anything that you don't want on. Be careful. I have following toggled:
+
+[TODO: snapped SS]
+at `@assets/images/remove-copilot-and-bloatware-from-windows/...jpg`
+
+(the above screenshots also contain)
+
+8. finally, context menu and other tweaks using winaero tweaker