New Update Wintoys, a free Windows de-bloat app and optimizer

[Captain Holly]

I ran across this on Google. It is a Windows specific de-bloater tool that can help optimize and streamline your Windows OS. It will also remove Windows apps that otherwise have no ability to uninstall. I tested it and that part really did work, I used it to remove the Xbox and Your Phone apps that were still left behind after I used Revo to remove Windows bloatware. I used the Wintoys uninstall function and both apps are long gone now.

Wintoys will also monitor your battery and other computer health aspects. It gives an easy way to turn on or off settings and remove apps/programs in Windows. There are a lot of other functions on it as well, and it seems pretty useful. The way the app looks and works reminds me a lot of the Defender UI app. You can get Wintoys for free in the MS Store. Has anyone else seen or tried it or had any luck with it?

C.H.

Simplify Windows optimization with Wintoys: Streamlined bloatware removal and quick system tweaks

Take control of your privacy and combat pre-installed bloatware on Windows devices.

www.windowscentral.com

Wintoys offers a safe and easy way to debloat, optimize, tweak, and repair Windows 11

Here is an app that can help you debloat, optimize, tweak, and service Windows 11 with a clean, easy-to-understand UI, convenient explanations and tons of various options for all sorts of users.

www.neowin.net

 

[amirr]

Great, I also found this:
O&O AppBuster Wednesday News - TweakHound

 

[Auxulum]

I recently discovered it and i've found things about windows that are new to me. I was brought here looking for a portable version of this app

 

[Alexai]

I ran across this on Google. It is a Windows specific de-bloater tool that can help optimize and streamline your Windows OS. It will also remove Windows apps that otherwise have no ability to uninstall. I tested it and that part really did work, I used it to remove the Xbox and Your Phone apps that were still left behind after I used Revo to remove Windows bloatware. I used the Wintoys uninstall function and both apps are long gone now.

Wintoys will also monitor your battery and other computer health aspects. It gives an easy way to turn on or off settings and remove apps/programs in Windows. There are a lot of other functions on it as well, and it seems pretty useful. The way the app looks and works reminds me a lot of the Defender UI app. You can get Wintoys for free in the MS Store. Has anyone else seen or tried it or had any luck with it?

C.H.

Simplify Windows optimization with Wintoys: Streamlined bloatware removal and quick system tweaks

Take control of your privacy and combat pre-installed bloatware on Windows devices.

www.windowscentral.com

Wintoys offers a safe and easy way to debloat, optimize, tweak, and repair Windows 11

Here is an app that can help you debloat, optimize, tweak, and service Windows 11 with a clean, easy-to-understand UI, convenient explanations and tons of various options for all sorts of users.

www.neowin.net

I put wintoys on a vm, I've to test yet

 

[lokamoka820]

v2.0.81.0 (major update)
Mar 31, 2025

• designed a new logo, with colors dinamically adapting to your theme (light or dark); you might have to rebuild the icon’s cache for the icon to update everywhere in the system - you can use Wintoys for this: Health section > Icons cache
• revamped the welcome experience (it’s now fullscreen and includes a shortcut for system restore)
• added a neat titlebar app icon animation that will play when the app opens
• added system settings restoration: you can now undo all the changes to the state when the app was first opened; even settings changed by the system itself will be detected
• redesigned sorting and filtering dropdowns across all pages and improved their performance
• added storage system property on the Home page, with on-hover details about partitions, disk type, disk interface, disk model and disk serial number
• added uptime system property on the Home page
• system properties such as storage used space or video card driver will update periodically to reflect the system changes in real time
• settings that require an explorer.exe restart will no longer automatically restart it, letting you to choose the right moment; you will be informed that a restart is requierd with the Action required button from the bottom left, which once clicked will offer you the option to restart explorer.exe
• File explorer section changes and improvements:
  • added Classic interface option (on Windows 11)
  • added options to set Home and Gallery items (on Windows 11)
  • changing Hidden system files and items or File extensions options no longer require a refresh of File explorer
  • the toast to reopen File explorer will now only appear if a window is already opened
• added Digital Markets Act option under Tweaks > System; unlocks exclusive features for EEA (European Economic Area), such as being able to uninstall Edge, but only by launching the uninstaller from a Microsoft signed process like Control Panel or the Settings app; this option does not change your region settings, but Microsoft made it work only with country codes, not region codes; for example, if you live in Bahrain, you’d have to set the Windows region to India
• added End task option under Tweaks > System (on Windows 11)
• added Home page in settings option under Tweaks > Ads (on Windows 11); this will remove the Home page in Windows settings app
• added new Super-usersection under Tweaks with the following options:
  • God mode - moved from the System section
  • Developer mode - new
  • User account control - moved from the System section
  • User choice protection driver (UCPD) - new (hidden if the service is completely missing)
• added an option to receive a notification whenever a startup app is enabled (on Windows 11)
• changing This PC and Recycle Bin options no longer require a manual desktop refresh
• changing Clock with seconds option no longer requires an explorer.exe restart on Windows 11
• the displayed video card will now always be the high power one if present (external or dedicated)
• changed validation behavior for all content dialogs due to consistency reasons (now the action button will be disabled until all validation requirements are met)
• replaced error reporting service: AppCenter is being shutdown by Microsoft on 31st of March, so it was replaced by Application Insights
• updated UAC option icon to match the system one
• improved applications size calculation accuracy and sent an email to Gaben to fix Steam not reporting the size of games according to Windows guidelines
• replaced the teaching tip with a tooltip so a click is no longer needed for the information to be displayed (consumes less memory as well)
• the Cleanup section was moved at the top of the page for a more convenient access
• the junk cleaner now supports Opera and Brave browsers, and crash dumps files in the Error reporting category
• added entrance missing animations for apps and services pages (will play when the pages are set as a landing page)
• the option to unpin everything from the taskbar was removed due to the new UCPD service that blocks changes to certain registry keys
• the uninstall option will be greyed out for Windows Security, App Installer and Settings app because they can no longer be removed using official Windows APIs
• repair tool logs dialog now has a smaller font for better readability where there’s a lot of text
• a native restart API will now be used to restart Windows when a restart is required to apply some settings
• the Ultimate performance power plan option will now be disabled on unsupported devices
• removed Watermark option under Tweaks > Desktop due to Microsoft making it impossible to safely remove it in recent versions of Insider Preview

Stabilization and bug fixes​

• fixed an issue where the window size was going out of bounds of the screen on smaller resolutions
• fixed a library issue when loading scheduled tasks (noisy scheduled tasks that require a password to be disabled will be ignored due to security reason)
• fixed Action required button not hiding when reverting the wallpaper quality setting to the original value
• fixed an issue where buttons with progress rings were not preserving their space (meaning their size would change to fit the progress ring)
• fixed an issue with system model and manufacturer not being correctly identified on laptops
• fixed an issue where Delivery optimization option was displayed as disabled when Devices on the internet and my local network option was selected in Windows settings app
• fixed an issue where the divider between sections in a tooltip for services would appear when there is no content to separate
• fixed a random infinite loading when uninstalling modern (Store) apps
• fixed not correctly setting Windows update mode when Windows DisplayVersion is not found in the registry
• fixed an issue where the apps page will crash on devices with Umm Al-Quara calendars
• fixed an issue where the apps page might not load due to versioning containing characters
• fixed an annoying refresh button animation when uninstalling an app or changing a service
• fixed not logging all home page errors for system properties in the EventViewer

Known issues​

• Alt + Tab might make the app freeze; this is a known WinUI 3 bug that has not yet been fixed by Microsoft, you can find more details about the issue here

Technical​

• removed Powershell SDK dependency and reduced app size from 65 to 48 MB
• updated packages

Wintoys changelog

Area 52: about me and my projects

bogdan-patraucean.github.io

 

[lokamoka820]

v2.0.91.0
Jun 17, 2025

• improved security of the feedback process
• updated libraries
• fixed an issue where Alt + Tab might make the app freeze
• fixed an unhandled exception when the store context might not be available on the device
• fixed an issue where a removed profile option would break the compatibility scanning
• upgraded .sln to .slnx
• updated translations

Wintoys changelog

Area 52: about me and my projects

bogdan-patraucean.github.io

 

[lokamoka820]

Wintoys 2.4.12.0
Oct 5, 2025

• added app execution alias, now the app can be launched from the command line (the execution alias is also used to create the app shortcut on desktop), all you need to do is open the Terminal, or the old command prompt, type wintoys and press enter
• fixed an issue where apps won’t load due to old MSI installers adding unhandled value types in the registry
• fixed an issue that would cause an exception when the device setup region is missing from the registry
• fixed an issue where checking for a service’s active dependents when trying to stop it would fail due to localization resources not being found
• fixed an issue where the UCPD option would not load because the ucpd service does not exist

Wintoys changelog

Area 52: about me and my projects

bogdan-patraucean.github.io