Debloat

Signed-off-by: Tommy <contact@tommytran.io>

Debloat/README.md

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+# Debloating Windows
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+Windows mark a number of packages as "provisioned". Thus, they will persist in the system even when you right click and uninstall them or try to remove them through `winget`.
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+Additionally, for apps installed from the Microsoft Store, they will continue existing in `C:\Program Files\WindowsApps` until it has been uninstalled by all users.
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+`winget` also does not see packages installed by other users.
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+As such, if you want to make sure all of the annoying apps are gone, it is better to use `Get-AppxPackage`. The documentation is at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/appx/get-appxpackage?view=windowsserver2022-ps.
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+## Steps to debloat
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+- First, go to Settings -> Apps -> Optional features and remove unnecessary features. I personally remove everything here.
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+- Next, scroll to the bottom and click "More Windows Features". Turn Windows feautures on or off and remove Features that you don't need. On my Parallels VM, I removed everything except Microsoft Print to PDF. If you are running bare metal, you should keep HyperV, Microsoft Defender Application Guard, and Windows Sandbox on.
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+- Reboot the system
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+- Run the Windows Terminal as an Administrator
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+- To get a list of packages that can be removed, run `Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where {$.NonRemovable -eq $false} | where {$.isFramework -eq $false} | select Name,PackageFullName`.
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+- Run `Get-AppxPackage <PackageName> -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage` to remove the unwanted packages.
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+- Run `Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online <PackageName> | Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage` to unprovision the packages.