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Windows Central
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Mauro Huculak

How to disable apps from running at startup on Windows 11

Open Startup settings.

On Windows 11, apps can register with the system to launch automatically during startup. They can also configure specific services to run in the background to perform certain tasks, including speeding up the app startup process.

Although this feature can be helpful for some applications you use frequently, you may end up with many apps and services running at startup, which can prolong the startup process and increase energy usage, draining the battery.

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