Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready

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A more powerful ‘Tiny11 core Builder’ has also been released, but this 'quick and dirty development testbed' won't be for most users.

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Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version of Tiny11 Builder, a tool which facilitates the creation of minimal and decluttered Windows 11 installs. The headlining changes presented here are the tool's ability to remove Copilot, the new Outlook client, and Teams. But there’s much more. NTDEV says that Tiny11 Builder is now ready for Windows 11 25H2, despite Microsoft’s whack-a-mole attempts to push unwanted apps onto your storage.

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  • SomeoneElse23
    This is not a new idea.

    Check out windows ameliorate.
    https://amelabs.net/
    Reply
  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    Your Phone (now called Phone Link) is genuinely useful for Android users, especially Samsung users as they can mirror the screen. Edge, as much as some people love to hate it, is also genuinely useful as, among other things, a backup browser for when things won't load right in your primary browser. OneDrive, while not as easily accessible as Google Drive though This PC, is 5GB of free cloud storage and a great way to keep a secure, encrypted version copy of certain files via OneDrive Vault, as well as just being able to keep things off another service you'd rather not commingle (work vs personal, for example).

    Think most, if not all, of the rest is either uninstallable via a couple of clicks or is deprecated and will no longer be distributed (like Maps, removed in July), though Phone Link and OneDrive are easily removed as well. Not something I'd say requires a third party tool to do unless you're setting up dozens of systems, and nothing for anyone to worry about unless they're using something like a 128GB SSD from 2010.

    But you know me, if something isn't actively using measurable system resources and just negligible (in 2025) storage, it's not "bloat", not when things like Steam just sitting in the system tray uses near a gig of RAM and quite a bit of CPU (0.3-0.5% of a 16C/32T CPU).
    Reply
  • scottslayer
    So how is this debloat tool better than others?
    This "article" read as a borderline marketing post.

    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    But you know me, if something isn't actively using measurable system resources and just negligible (in 2025) storage, it's not "bloat", not when things like Steam just sitting in the system tray uses near a gig of RAM and quite a bit of CPU (0.3-0.5% of a 16C/32T CPU).
    My Steam is currently using 426.1 megabytes of RAM and 0.1% cpu at idle, either restart your computer or reinstall Steam.
    Reply
  • snemarch
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    OneDrive, while not as easily accessible as Google Drive though This PC, is 5GB of free cloud storage and a great way to keep a secure, encrypted version copy of certain files via OneDrive Vault,
    Yeaaaaah, no thanks. Microsoft is trying reaaaaaally hard to push you to get your documents uploaded to their cloud.

    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    But you know me, if something isn't actively using measurable system resources and just negligible (in 2025) storage, it's not "bloat", not when things like Steam just sitting in the system tray uses near a gig of RAM and quite a bit of CPU (0.3-0.5% of a 16C/32T CPU).
    For me, it's a bit less about the disk/memory/cpu wasted, and a lot more about getting unwanted crap, adware and spyware shoveled down our throats. It's great not having to uninstall useless crap after OS install, and getting rid of useless, invasive crap like copilot is a requirement for using Windows at all, IMHO.

    scottslayer said:
    So how is this debloat tool better than others?
    This "article" read as a borderline marketing post.
    It's a nice, free and open-source tool. It builds a slimmed-down install ISO rather than trying to clean up your system post-install.
    Reply
  • ezst036
    Such a massive amount of effort is constantly expended trying to get around what Microsoft does to abuse its users.
    Reply
  • Ogotai
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    not when things like Steam just sitting in the system tray uses near a gig of RAM and quite a bit of CPU (0.3-0.5% of a 16C/32T CPU).
    my steam install, uses zero ram, and none of my cpu, as i have it set, not to load when i start windows.. same for GOG, and EAs version of steam.. ..

    that problem is solved :-)
    Reply
  • EzzyB
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    Your Phone (now called Phone Link) is genuinely useful for Android users, especially Samsung users as they can mirror the screen. Edge, as much as some people love to hate it, is also genuinely useful as, among other things, a backup browser for when things won't load right in your primary browser. OneDrive, while not as easily accessible as Google Drive though This PC, is 5GB of free cloud storage and a great way to keep a secure, encrypted version copy of certain files via OneDrive Vault, as well as just being able to keep things off another service you'd rather not commingle (work vs personal, for example).

    Think most, if not all, of the rest is either uninstallable via a couple of clicks or is deprecated and will no longer be distributed (like Maps, removed in July), though Phone Link and OneDrive are easily removed as well. Not something I'd say requires a third party tool to do unless you're setting up dozens of systems, and nothing for anyone to worry about unless they're using something like a 128GB SSD from 2010.

    But you know me, if something isn't actively using measurable system resources and just negligible (in 2025) storage, it's not "bloat", not when things like Steam just sitting in the system tray uses near a gig of RAM and quite a bit of CPU (0.3-0.5% of a 16C/32T CPU).
    I agree with Phone Link. I've grown quite fond of it over the years. The ability to receive text messages while you are working and sending off a quick reply without taking your hands off an actual, real, keyboard is something I'd definitely miss after using it so long now.
    Reply