"This tool is now available from the Settings app for Windows Insiders using the latest builds that installs a clean copy of the most recent version of Windows 10 and removes apps that were installed on your PC".
Microsoft is testing out a new feature that will make clean installing Windows 10 a lot easier.
In addition, the head of the Windows Insider program, Dona Sarkar who explained that after taking a look at the overall usage of the Kids Corner feature in Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1, we have chose to remove this feature from Windows 10 Mobile beginning with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. That includes software like Microsoft Office, as well as any OEM tools (and drivers) that a manufacturer may have placed on your desktop or laptop.
For that reason, Refresh Windows would be best used immediately after purchasing a new Windows 10 system, and before the buyer installed any software on the machine.
The new Refresh Tool is still in the preview stage. He implied that it would be added to the production-grade edition of Windows 10.
Running the Refresh Tool will erase your apps (and optionally wipe your files). It's also not widely available just yet; it only works on Windows Insider preview builds 14342 or later. The tool isn't guaranteed to install the latest version, but Microsoft says it should be a "recent" version. This tool could be good news for anyone looking to slap a fresh copy of Windows on a branded PC loaded down with bloatware when it becomes available to the general public. Assuming Microsoft follows through, the tool will work with the production code set ship in July.
As I'm sure you know, I've been pushing the Clean PC mantra since January 2015, when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella declared that he wanted users to love Windows 10.
For that reason, it may appeal to a wider audience of Windows 10 users. In that way, it's reminiscent of the adversarial strategy Microsoft has taken at times, such as when it introduced its own Surface line, or by promoting its "Signature" portfolio of PCs, which are billed as free of bloatware. In the event the Start Fresh tool actually installs a previous Windows Insider build instead of the most current one you're on (likely Build 14367), you won't be able to keep your personal files as part of the new installation.
Source: Finally! Windows 10 can be installed without annoying bloatware
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