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Jacob Ridley

This tiny version of Windows 11 fits into just 2.29 GB and is 'extremely aggressive' in removing bloat such as Xbox, Solitaire and Defender

NTDev's latest project, nano11, shrinks the Windows installation ISO down to under 3 GB.

Cramming the entire Windows OS into an extremely small file is a favourite pastime of NTDev, and we love to see a master at work. This time, they've crammed Windows 11 into just 2.29 GB of storage space by only including "all the essentials, none of the fluff."

The project is called nano11. It squishes the Windows 11 ISO file—7.04 GB for Windows 11 Insider build 26200—down to just 2.29 GB. In doing so, it removes much of what NTDev considers bloat, including but not limited to:

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