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Here's a 'bloat-free' solution for Microsoft's intrusive interface on the Start menu, Copilot AI, and its annoying ad campaign in Windows 11

By Kevin Okemwa Published

CLUTTER-FREE W11 Hate Windows 11's intrusive ads and AI campaign? Use Win11Debloat to remove them.

CLUTTER-FREE W11
Microsoft Edge icon in Windows 11 Start menu
A new third-party app will help Windows 11 users hide the Start menu's 'dysfunctional' Search bar

By Kevin Okemwa Published

THIRD-PARTY APPS TranslucentSM is a new third-party app designed to help users control the Start menu's opacity and hide its Search bar in Windows 11.

THIRD-PARTY APPS
Microsoft Edge icon in Windows 11 Start menu
Microsoft is working on a big Start menu update for Windows 11 that includes widgets via new 'companions' feature

By Zac Bowden Published

Widgets Microsoft is working on a significant update to the Start menu on Windows 11 that will allow users to display widgets on either side of the interface.

Widgets
OFGB third-party tool helps remove ads on Windows 11
'Oh Frick Go Back' is a new app (by a Linux dev, gasp) that saves you from Microsoft's 'comically bad' Windows 11 Start menu and its intrusive ad campaign

By Kevin Okemwa Published

NO ADS!! A programmer who uses Linux as her daily driver recently develop a neat tool that keeps ads at bay on Windows 11.

NO ADS!!
Rounded corners on Windows 11's Taskbar
Here's how to never see ads again in the Windows 11 Start menu, for a (discounted) price

By Sean Endicott Published

Ad-free Stardock doesn't want you to see ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.

Ad-free
Microsoft Edge icon in Windows 11 Start menu
Microsoft wants to run ads in your Start menu on Windows 11

By Zac Bowden Published

App recommendations Windows 11 Home and Pro users may soon begin seeing "recommended" apps and websites in the Start menu.

App recommendations
Start menu in Windows 11
Windows 11 Start menu's performance is "comically bad" says ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer despite using a sophisticated $1,600 PC that meets stringent minimum requirements

By Kevin Okemwa Published

COMICALLY BAD Windows 11's Start menu is encountering annoying performance issues, amid plans to pump more ads to the platform.

COMICALLY BAD
Windows 11 Start menu
Windows 11 doesn't have enough ads, says Microsoft's latest plan to force more ads onto your PC

By Sean Endicott Published

Adding ads Windows 11 may soon feature more ads within the Start menu. Microsoft is testing an option that would promote apps within the Recommended section of the Start menu.

Adding ads
Start11 auto-hide taskbar option
Windows 11's best Start menu alternative gets even better with a new auto-hide option for the taskbar

By Kevin Okemwa Published

BETTER THAN EVER Start11 will let users auto-hide the taskbar in Windows 11.

BETTER THAN EVER
Start11 will let you pin websites on the Start menu
A new update for Windows 11's best Start menu alternative lets you pin your favorite websites

By Kevin Okemwa Published

PINNED Stardock just shipped a new update to its Start11 v2 app — the update ships with a notable feature that will let users pin websites to the Start menu.

PINNED
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