Bloatynosy Origin Returns to Clean Up Windows 11

The Windows debloater Bloatynosy is back, brought back by its own developer. After renaming the tool, discontinuing it, and following it with experiments like Winpilot that "added more and solved less," builtbybel has returned to the original idea with Bloatynosy Origin: a free, open-source app for Windows 10 and 11, released under the MIT license, rebuilt from scratch and sharing no code with the old version.

"None of it ever beat version 0.85, which was one window, a list, and a button," the developer writes in the project README. Origin means going back to the version that worked and building that one properly. The new line launched on October 9 and has already reached version 1.02.142.

Check, review, apply - nothing happens on its own

Origin keeps the original's discipline. A Check PC scan reads your settings and installed apps without changing anything; you tick what should go; applying produces a report of what worked, what failed, and what needs a restart. Around 100 settings are grouped by category - appearance, File Explorer, privacy, Edge, AI features, gaming, system, taskbar, ads, and updates - and supported changes can be set back to their Windows default later. An ignore list keeps anything you never want to be asked about again out of the way, and an optional AI feature explains individual settings using your own API key (Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, or compatible endpoints), switched off until you turn it on. The app stays a single portable executable with no installer and no background service, needs .NET Framework 4.8, and speaks English and German.

The latest release goes after manufacturer bloatware

Version 1.02.142, released October 25, adds an OEM debloater: alongside Microsoft Store apps, Bloatynosy now scans the classic uninstall locations for software your PC's maker was paid to preinstall - the release notes name McAfee, Norton, Avast, AVG, WildTangent, Booking.com, ExpressVPN, Keeper, CyberLink, Nitro PDF, WPS Office, and Candy Crush as candidates. Drivers and runtimes you actually need (Visual C++, .NET, Intel chipset and Management Engine, Realtek, NVIDIA, and AMD) are protected and can't be ticked at all. The release also introduces plugins, tweak packs that are plain text files you can read in Notepad before trusting them, and a catalogue that updates itself from the repository, so new tweaks arrive without waiting for a new build.