Debloating Windows 11

It’s now common knowledge that Windows 11 is full of bloatware that they call "useful services". After years of use, I’ve written a list of these programmes that can be safely uninstalled without affecting the operation of the operating system (in fact, they reduce the load on both the CPU and RAM).

Each item on the list is accompanied by the relevant PowerShell command to uninstall it (remember to run it as an administrator).

Widget panel (you will free Win+W hotkey) Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*WebExperience*"} | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Phone connection Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.YourPhone | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Remove host service Get-AppxPackage -allusers *CrossDevice* | Remove-Appxpackage -allusers
XBox Gamebar Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Xbox* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers Get-AppxPackage -allusers *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Copilot & ads from start Get-AppxPackage -allusers *copilot* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers Get-AppxPackage -allusers *startexperience* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Disable Microsoft Recall (the worst software known, so awful that you can't uninstall it) Dism /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall

Other useful commands

Restore old right-click menu (requires a reboot of explorer.exe) reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Enter BIOS from Powershell Shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0