Debloat

[aac]

Hi all

 

What is the best debloat script to use for Windows 11 Education 23H2. We will deploy using MECM...

 

thanks in advance

[jthompson]

Assuming that by debloat you mean removing unwanted AppX packages. I'm using MDT still, but I mount the vanilla image in PowerShell using Mount-WindowsImage.

 

Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath "E:\DeploymentShare\Operating Systems\Windows 11 Education 23H2\sources\install.wim" -Index 1 -Path "E:\Mounted"

 

Then create an array of names of AppX packages I want to remove.

$Apps = @(
 "*DevHome*"
 "*FeedbackHub*"
 "*GamingApp*"
 "*GetHelp*"
 "*Getstarted*"
 "*Microsoft3DViewer*"
 "*MicrosoftOfficeHub*"
 "*MixedReality*"
 "*News*"
 "*OneNote*"
 "*Outlook*"
 "*People*"
 "*PowerAutomateDesktop*"
 "*Skype*"
 "*Solitaire*"
 "*Todos*"
 "*Weather*"
 "*WindowsMaps*"
 "*Xbox*"
 "*YourPhone*"
)

 

Run Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage agains each of those.

ForEach($App in $Apps){
 Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path "E:\Mounted" | where {$_.PackageName -like $App} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage
}

 

Then dismount and save the image.

Dismount-WindowsImage -Path "E:\Mounted" -Save

 

So that leaves the 'vanilla' image but with a bunch of unwanted AppX taken out.

 

I initially tried removing the packages in a task sequence, but it wasn't a reliable method due to the inconsistent seqencing of those commands in relation to a user session being started in the background.

[aac]

Ended up using this one in the end, seems to work fine in an MECM task sequence... https://github.com/MSEndpointMgr/Windows/blob/master/BuiltInApps/Remove-Appx-AllUsers.ps1