Guide | How To Simple trick to install Windows 11 without third-party bloat

[vtqhtr413]

Remember installing Windows 7 and not getting a metric ton of bloatware? Those were the good days. Modern Windows versions come bundled with all sorts of third-party apps pinned to the Start menu, a sad reality for a premium product with a price tag of $139 and up. PC enthusiasts have plenty of tools to fight back Microsoft's attempts to fill Windows to the brim with unnecessary software. However, you do not need complicated scripts or third-party utilities to get a clean Windows 11 installation without TikTok, Instagram, ESPN, Spotify, and other programs. All you need is one simple setting most users ignore when clean-installing Windows on their machines.

Windows 11 installation begins with the ever-familiar setup screen, where you select language, regional formats, and input methods. To prevent Windows 11 from infecting your start menu with bloatware, choose English (World) from the Time and Currency format drop-down, then proceed with the installation as usual. Choosing a universal time and currency format may result in a few errors during the onboarding experience (also known as OOBE or out-of-box experience), especially if you use the oobe\bypassnro command.

The operating system will take a while to load the initial region select screen and then throw the typical "Something went wrong" error with the OOBEREGION code. To bypass the problem, click Skip—you can change your region and formats later in the Settings app. You may encounter a similar error on other steps, so keep pressing Skip or Try again. You will eventually get through the setup screen to the desktop with the Start menu clean of third-party apps.

Now you can head to Settings > Time & Language > Language & region and set your own country and regional format. Also, feel free to install available Windows updates—they should not add any unwanted apps. It is worth noting that this trick does not prevent Windows from installing stock apps like Mail & Calendar, Climpchamp, Edge, Teams, Cortana (Windows 11 will soon let you uninstall it much easier), Maps, Weather, etc. Therefore, you will have to delete them manually or via winget.

Use this simple trick to install Windows 11 without any third-party bloat

Here is a simple trick allowing you to install Windows 11 without third-party bloatware or modifying the stock image using unofficial scripts or utilities. All you need is one simple setting.

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[vtqhtr413]

Unfortunately, this workaround may not last forever, as Windows Latest reports that a Microsoft spokesperson told the website that the company was aware of it, and is looking into it.

That means Microsoft is likely to patch this out in an upcoming Windows 11 update. This is a shame, but not entirely surprising. Like manufacturers of the best laptops, Microsoft likely gets money from the makers of the apps and games it preinstalls, so it’ll want to make sure they get installed.

This workaround also exploits an issue with how Microsoft’s services struggle to handle some language codes, and the company will also be keen to fix that, especially if it could lead to other, less useful, side effects.

Secret trick installs Windows 11 without the bloatware – but Microsoft is looking to fix it

Say no to bloatware

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[I Walk MY Way]

this is a good workaround but you can just install windows and then use
Optimizer 15.6 delete most of the bloatware with 2 clicks done...

 

[TairikuOkami]

This will uninstall ALL default apps, even those you probably do not want to, like OpenCL and Media extensions.

start "" /wait C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe "Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name -notlike '*store*'} | Remove-AppxPackage"

 

[vtqhtr413]

this is a good workaround but you can just install windows and then use
Optimizer 15.6 delete most of the bloatware with 2 clicks done...

Is that a Dell application, didn't see anything else in search?

This will uninstall ALL default apps, even those you probably do not want to, like OpenCL and Media extensions.

start "" /wait C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe "Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name -notlike '*store*'} | Remove-AppxPackage"

Thats very handy information for uninstalling all apps but the OP is just going to stop 3rd party apps from being installed during installation of the operating system.

 

[I Walk MY Way]

@ BryanB
its not a Dell application its An Independent Project,

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[Andy_Larkin]

thanks for the information because my use of Windows ended on the XP version

 

[Studynxx]

I think what you folks need to learn to do is how to create and deploy generalized, sysprep'd system images which contain the autounattend.xml answer file which does 99% of the work for you during image deployment. Then add some post-install powershell scripts to fully customize and tailor your OS to your needs. My image deployments take 40 minutes due to 15 different scripts running post-install, but the moment they finish, my image is completely ready for me. Includes stuff like force-pinning and installing browser extensions, everything I need.