Everybody wants their laptop or PC start quickly and boot faster and perform fast and Windows 10/11 starts faster than any other version of Windows before it and you need to have a higher RAM and disable heavy startup programs running in background.
This process can be slowed significantly by apps that are set to run at Startup and we can easily disable start up programs consuming more ram are taking too much time on windows system start up and disable them which makes windows to run smoother and boot fast.
You can disable startup apps on windows 11 or 10 computer in different ways by using windows task manager, windows app settings, PowerShell Registry method and also by using command line also you can disable startup programs.
This can include system tray utilities from companies like Adobe and sync utilities for backup and cloud services. Updater apps from companies like Apple and Google (that you can run manually when you want to check for updates to apps) and the pre-installed software that comes with your PC when you purchase it officially known in the trade as “crapware”.
When to Disable Windows Startup Program?
If your pc is taking too much time when you restart or when you turn on windows then you need to disable startup programs and disable unnecessary programs from windows startup.
How to Check Startup Programs Running on Windows Computer?
To check which programs are running when you turn on windows computer you need to open windows task manager and click on startup and you will see list of apps running in background.
Disable Startup programs in windows 11 or 10
Startup apps in Windows 10 are managed through the Task Manager. There are several ways to open this.
Using Task Manager
1- You can press Ctrl + Alt + Del on your keyboard or Control + Shift + Escape key on windows keyboard at once and open task manager.
2- Select Task Manager from the menu that appears.
3- You can right-click in a blank space on the Taskbar and select Task Manager from the menu that appears.
4- You can run Task Manager from the Win + X administration menu. When in the Task Manager, click the Start-up tab, and here all of the apps that run at startup on your PC will be listed.
5- Each one has a Start-up impact valuation rating next to it as Low, Medium and High.
6- This effect that program has on slowing your PC’s startup.
7- Choose the apps you want to disable.
8- you can easily re-enable them afterwards as they stay in the list by selecting one of them and then clicking the Disable button in the bottom right corner of the windows.
Using Windows System Settings
Step 1: Click on windows search icon on taskbar and search for startup apps and open startup app system settings.
Step 2: In startup app settings you will see list of all apps on your computer.
Step 3: In Startup App -> Sort by Startup Impact and select it.
Step 4: Select the App which is having impact and toggle the button next to it and this will disable the app to run on windows startup.
That’s it, this is how you turn of startup apps which are impacting your windows computer on startup.
Using Windows PowerShell ADMIN
Step 1: Right click on windows taskbar and click on Windows Power shell (admin).
Step 2: In Windows PowerShell Admin -> Enter Get-Service and hit enter and this will display all services here, find the service which are running.
Step 3: To stop windows startup using command prompt(PowerShell) -> Stop-Service -Name “servicename” and hit enter.
Note: You need to replace servicename with actual service name running in PowerShell.
Using Regedit (Registry Editor)
Step 1: Right click on windows taskbar and select run and enter regedit and open registry editor.
Step 2: Now, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and click on startup programs here and change value data.
This is how you delete startup programs using registry editor permanently.
How do i Change What Programs Run at Start-up windows 10?
Navigate to task manager -> Click on startup -> Right click on program or app and disable.