4 Windows 11 "features" I turned off to make my PC feel truly mine again
The article discusses the author's experience of switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11. After finding the new operating system bloated with unwanted features, the author utilized debloating tools to customize their experience. By disabling data tracking and other intrusive features, the author was able to make Windows 11 feel more personalized and user-friendly.
- ▪The author switched to Windows 11 to utilize HDR capabilities on a new OLED display.
- ▪They found Windows 11 to be bloated with unwanted features and design choices.
- ▪Using debloating tools, the author disabled data tracking and advertisements, improving their experience.
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| Original publisher | XDA Developers |
| Canonical URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-features-disable-to-make-pc-feel-truly-mine/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 21:30:23 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-29T21:35:35.528Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-29T21:35:35.528Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | Ev-p5WB8lC7U |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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