{"id":108293,"date":"2016-10-18T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=108293"},"modified":"2016-10-18T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:09:25","slug":"how-to-clean-the-bloatware-from-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/108293-how-to-clean-the-bloatware-from-windows-10","title":{"rendered":"How to clean the bloatware from Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unwanted junkware on your PC can be a serious hassle.<\/p>\n<p>Besides slowing down your PC, they can also be slightly malicious with constant pop-ups and trial versions.<\/p>\n<p>You can remove each piece of bloatware through the Control Panel, or alternatively you should check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows10startfresh\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft&#8217;s Refresh Windows Tool<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Using this tool installs a clean copy of the most recent version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro, and remove apps that you installed or came pre-installed on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>That means you\u2019ll have the option to keep your personal files but will have to re-download or install 3rd-party applications (like Steam) again.<\/p>\n<p>To access the Refresh Windows tool, navigate to the <strong>Start button &gt; Settings &gt; Update &amp; security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From there click on the setting in the left pane for <strong>Recovery &gt;\u00a0More recovery options &gt;\u00a0Learn how to start fresh with a clean installation of Windows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From there you can run the installer &#8211; just makes sure that you have backups and\/or the correct privileges to reinstall the programs you need.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/106777-how-to-stop-windows-10-from-crippling-your-gaming-performance.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to stop Windows 10 from crippling your gaming performance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 running slow? Here&#8217;s how to fix it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":108297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22509,22833,7012,13009],"class_list":["post-108293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-clean","tag-junkware","tag-tips","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108347,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108293\/revisions\/108347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}