OWNLY
Cut the noise
Ads, suggestions and background clutter, gone.
- Remove web results from Start search LOW
- Turn off Windows Copilot MODERATE
- Stop auto-installing suggested apps ADMIN
Free · Windows 10 & 11 · No account
Windows, your way.
Ownly strips the noise out of Windows 10 and 11 — ads, telemetry, background clutter, forced features — and writes down every change so you can undo any of it.
40+reversible Windows tweaks, grouped by what they touch
1click in the Changes list to undo any of them
0telemetry, accounts, or background services of its own
100%local — every action logged with the exact command it ran
What it changes
Five places Windows gets in your way.
Each area explains itself before it runs, carries a risk label, and where Windows allows it, switches straight back.
Make it feel right
The desktop behaves the way you expect it to.
- Classic right-click menu LOW
- Left-align taskbar & show extensions LOW
- This PC & Recycle Bin on desktop LOW
Trim the drag
The things that quietly cost you responsiveness.
- Best-performance visual effects LOW
- Turn off Fast Startup & hibernation MODERATE
- Power modes & startup manager MODERATE
Close the taps
The data Windows collects by default.
- Set diagnostic data to the minimum ADMIN
- Limit advertising ID & activity history LOW
- Deny camera, mic & location access MODERATE
Fix the rest
The maintenance jobs you'd otherwise google.
- Flush the DNS cache LOW
- Create a system restore point MODERATE
- Run SFC & DISM to repair Windows MODERATE
Go further
Deeper, higher-risk changes — and one just for fun.
- Disable UAC or SmartScreen HIGH
- Disable Windows Update HIGH
- Swap your mouse buttons LOW
Safety
Nothing happens behind your back.
Any single change can be found, understood, and taken back.
FIRST RUN
It reads you the terms
A full disclaimer you scroll through and accept before the app opens. Anything you do is on you — and it says so, in plain language.
EVERY CHANGE
Lands in the Changes list
User-level settings apply instantly. Machine-level ones ask for a Windows permission prompt. Both get a one-click Restore.
ALWAYS
The Activity log shows the command
Every action — and every undo — is written down with the exact registry write or command, and whether it needed admin.
Before you install
The honest bits.
- Works on
- Windows 10 (build 1809+) and Windows 11, 64-bit (x64). Not ARM or 32-bit.
- Install
- None. A single Ownly.exe — put it anywhere and double-click. Delete the file to remove it.
- Size
- About 470 MB. Large because it bundles its own copy of everything it needs, so nothing else has to be installed.
- Account
- No sign-up, no login, no connection. It only writes small settings files on your own PC.
- Undoing changes
- From the Changes tab. Machine-level undos ask for the Windows permission prompt again.
- Not Microsoft
- An independent project. Not created by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Microsoft. "Windows" is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
SMARTSCREEN
Ownly isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may show a blue "Windows protected your PC" box the first time you run it — click More info, then Run anyway. Some antivirus tools also flag brand-new unsigned .exe files as a precaution; signing is on the list to clear both of these up for good.
Get it
Take your PC back.
Free. Yours to keep — it's a tool, not a subscription.