BRU Alternatives

BRU is described as 'Bloatware Removal Utility, for automating removal of pre-installed, factory bloatware from devices running Windows 7-10 and newer. Silently removes items selected if possible. Preselects common bloatware. Can remove Win10 UWP/Metro/Modern/Windows Store apps and provisioned apps' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to BRU for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best BRU alternative is Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility or ShutUp10++. Other great apps like BRU are WPD, Privatezilla, AME Wizard and Win11Debloat.

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    Script/Utility/Application to debloat Windows 10. This comes in hand when setting up new Windows 10 machines without needing to manually remove the bloatware found within Windows 10, along with some "fail safe" features via the Revert-Changes function, and even stops...

    14 Windows10Debloater alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Spybot Anti-Beacon is a standalone tool which was designed to block and stop the various tracking (telemetry) issues present in Windows 10. Also blocks similar tracking functionality in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Spybot Anti-Beacon is the most popular commercial alternative to BRU.

    • Spybot Anti-Beacon is Paid and ProprietaryBRU is Free and Open Source
  3. Edge Blocker icon
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    Microsoft Edge is a “Trusted” UI App and a core part of the Windows 11-10 Operating System it sets itself to not only be the default browser, but the default PDF reader too it is integrated in Windows 11.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. jv16 PowerTools icon
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    jv16 PowerTools is the ultimate Windows optimization and tuneup utility suite. The bottom line is that it keeps your computer running smooth, fast and greatly improves its overall stability.

    186 jv16 PowerTools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Even though Windows 10 did bring many of the features users expected of it, such as a Start Menu and revamped icons, it also came with several issues and a very important one is related to its tracking behavior.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. SophiApp icon
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    SophiApp is a free, open-source app for fine-tuning Windows 10 (Windows 11 is in the work). It offers a modern UI/UX, tons of tweaks, and shows how Windows can be configured without making any harm to the OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A tool to use some of the known methods of disabling tracking in Windows 10. (Telemetry, DiagTrack Log, Services, hosts-file, IP blocking, Windows Defender / WifiSense, OneDrive).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Private WinTen is an advanced Privacy tool for windows it provides a simple and comprehensive UI for tweaking privacy settings, as well as options to block system access to files and registry keys in order to enforce privacy whenever Windows does not provide a satisfying setting...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Defender Remover is application to remove / disable Windows Defender , including the Windows Security App, Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) , Windows SmartScreen, Windows Security Services , Windows Web-Threat Service and Windows File Virtualization (UAC) , Microsoft...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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