00:00Is your new device already slow?
00:02Well, you can blame the manufacturer or vendor for that.
00:06Meet Bloatware, the apps you never asked for but can't delete.
00:11Let's say you buy a new laptop.
00:13The manufacturer might pre-install their weather or calendar app to get you to use their products.
00:19On Windows, that could be the video editing app ClipChamp,
00:23or on an Apple device, the sound editing app GarageBand.
00:26But do you want or need the app?
00:29Probably not.
00:30All that wasted storage is making your laptop slower,
00:33and Bloatware isn't just a waste of space, it's also a cyber security threat.
00:39Some Bloatware makes your computer more vulnerable to malware.
00:42So how can you get rid of it?
00:44First, identify the apps that come pre-installed on your device and are hard to remove.
00:50Once you know what has to go, you can manually uninstall it.
00:53There are also Bloatware cleaning tools, but make sure you use trustworthy software.
00:59Would you say goodbye to a weather app in exchange for a faster device?
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