windows uninstaller is just so bad that it cannot uninstall lot of preinstalled apps, any recommended uninstaller which is open source?
This might not be the most helpful suggestion for apps you already have installed (I’ll leave that to others lol) but any time I have to set up Windows for a friend or family member, I do a complete minimal reinstall using an autounattend.xml script (this is an official method that sysadmins use to set up lots of machines quickly, but can also be used to avoid Microsoft’s bullshit from the very start) you can create your own easily here
I then use UniGetUI to install and manage all apps, this is a graphical frontend for Winget and Chocolatey that allows you to install virtually anything with an app store-like experience, but without the locked down ecosystem. The people I’ve introduced this to actually love it but it always takes a little explaining that this is how to do things now and they shouldn’t go downloading app installers from websites.
You could try this
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutilI used to use BCU back in the day.
what do you use now?
fedora
This is the best Windows uninstaller by far. 🤣
Effective to flush that slop down the drain. 🤭
Probably not what you’re asking, but I use homebrew for all installs and uninstalls
I use Arch*, BTW.
*Arch=EndeavourOS
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It’s been a while since I’ve done this but in Win10 days, if you wanted to get rid of the pre installed apps properly, you could use DISM from the MS Deployment Toolkit. It can remove just for the current user or from the entire install so they won’t appear if you create new users.
If you want to spend the time and effort, you can even mount the wim file from the iso and remove them offline, so you’ve removed them from the install media completely.
Looks like Win11 has a new but similar process: https://www.deploymentresearch.com/removing-applications-from-your-windows-11-image-before-and-during-deployment/
