Windows 11 has gotten progressively more bloated over the years, on top of more aggressively promoting features users don't actually want. With that, we've also seen an increasingly larger number of tools crop up to help you get rid of all the things you don't want or care about. These days, there are plenty of solutions out there, but a particularly notable one that launched recently is called TidyOS.

This tool comes from GitHub user builtbybel, who has made many apps of this nature in recent years, such as Bloatynosy and Winpilot. TidyOS seems to bring together the best features of these apps in a cleaner and more straightforward UI, and it's one of the best ways to clean up your Windows install, especially if you don't feel comfortable using a terminal environment. Let's break it down.

There are many ways in which Windows 11 intrudes on your experience while you're using your PC, and it adds up to a lot of frustration over time. The setup process is one of the worst parts, but even after you do it, every now and then, Microsoft will try to force you into it again. If you didn't enable all the features during the first-time setup, it will sometimes prompt you to enable them again after installing new updates, which gets annoying. Plus, there are all kinds of little ads and pop-ups, and much more that can just get in the way of the experience.