What can I remove - "bloatware" etc?

[tomstar]

Hi. So I bought a new HP laptop today and I'm looking through some of the programs and I was wondering what I can safely uninstall/what they do. I'm not familiar with these.

The programs in question are:

HP Audio Switch

HP Connection Optimizer

HP Jump Start Apps

HP Jump Start Bridge

HP Jumt Start Launch

Thanks!

[EddyK · Accepted solution]

Hi tomstar,

HP Audio Switch

It's just an application for switching the audio output or microphone but you can do that manually through Windows Sound settings. A bit useless in my honest opinion.

HP Connection Optimizer

I recommend keeping it as it provides wireless connections, Bluetooth, etc. 

All things related to HP Jumpstart

Mostly bloatware. I would only recommend it to users who are unfamiliar with computers and want to use HP's bundled software.

Hope this helps,

Eddy

[tomstar]

Thanks kem579!