How to turn off applications running in the background on Windows 10

However, many people still do not know how to turn off properly, avoiding damage to data and other software. In the article below, we would like to introduce to you two useful methods to turn off applications running in the background in Windows 10 quickly and effectively. Follow along!

What causes apps to run in the background?

Applications that run in the background on a laptop or PC are applications that when starting the device do not display on the screen and do not display any symbols or icons on the Taskbar. Especially on Windows 10 computers, many apps that you download from the Microsoft Store will continue to work somewhere to take advantage of additional features that benefit your actions, such as the ability to download (download) data, update Live Tiles (menu view), and display via notifications.

While these features are supposed to be useful in certain situations, apps that run in the background even when you don't start them drain battery power, wasting bandwidth and resources. computer system. Even if this situation happens often, it will lead to jerky, lag and slow information processing. So, along with the improvement, now a number of Windows 10 computers have been updated to provide beneficial settings for users to have maximum control over applications running in the background.

So what is the cause of the appearance of background applications? How to know if your computer has applications running in the background and how to turn them off? The answer is that there are many reasons leading to the formation of background applications that make the device load slowly and freeze, but not everyone can recognize and handle it effectively. Here are the 3 most common reasons for Windows 10 computers, please refer to it to see if your computer is in the same situation!

1. Install multiple software

As is known, each computer will be installed with many different software. Over time and according to the needs of the owner, the software will increase more and more. Among them, there are software with a light capacity of a few MB (data measurement unit) but also heavy software, about a few hundred MB. When you install too much software for your computer or laptop, it will be overloaded. And when you open the software you use, then turn it off with the 'x' in the corner of the screen, the software data is still in the background, only you can't see it. If left for too long, these background applications will consume a lot of resources, making the processing of other software not smooth and fast. 

2. Use multiple tasks at the same time

If you often have the habit of opening many applications at the same time, you should consider upgrading your memory immediately or changing to suitable computers. Because this will cause the software to eat evenly on machine resources, the CPU works at a larger capacity to meet the needs of the machine, which easily causes the device to overheat, consumes a lot of power, eats a lot of RAM, overflows memory and consumes battery. . Over time, it can also cause freezes and application crashes.  

3. Do not clean up junk files in your device

Computer junk is the term for redundant files. They are generated from almost any operation on the computer, for example you surf the web every day, you use many different software, or unzip any folder, even uninstall software, all both have the ability to create garbage in the computer. They exist and accumulate over time, taking up a significant amount of space and hindering the normal operation of the computer. The consequence of the computer containing too much electronic garbage that is not cleaned regularly is the slow processing of software; shrink the available free space of the operating system.

So how to turn off background applications in windows 10, freeing up memory for the computer to work normally again? The two simplest and most frequently used ways will be revealed below.

How to turn off applications running in the background in Windows 10 with Task Manager

For this method of turning off applications running in the background of Windows 10, you can easily do it in just 3 notes to help keep your computer open, smooth and faster. Specifically, the operations are as follows: 

#1: Please press the key combination ALT + CTRL + DEL to. Then Click on Task manager to open the program. 

#2: Click on the Background Processes item and choose to turn off applications running in the background that are no longer in use. Finally, click the End Task command to turn off the Task Manager. So that's it then. 

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Besides, to turn off all background applications in 1 operation, after entering Task Manager -> select Process, you can choose the End Task command. 

This method gives the fastest effect and can also be applied simultaneously to computers and laptops running Windows 7; win 8. However, not all background applications are bad, so you should not skip the step of 'selecting' unnecessary background applications and then proceed to delete them! 

Turn off applications running in the background by turning off Startup

For this way, you can also open Task Manager from the Windows security interface (Windows Security Screen on the computer) by pressing the keyboard shortcut ALT + CTRL + DEL. Then you open Task Manager, instead of selecting Process you will choose Startup. Consider which applications you do not know or do not use, Click on and select the Disable command to exit completely. 

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In addition to the 2 ways to turn off applications running in the background of Windows 10 above, there are many other simple and effective methods you can refer to and apply at home for your computer. For example, the method of using the Command Prompt command, using the Run command, opening the Task Manager from File Explorer, turning off the background application at Private under the Setting section, . .

One more thing you need to know before uninstalling applications running in the background on Windows 10 is: 

+ The purpose of removing background applications in the device is to prevent that application from downloading data, save RAM / CPU and save power consumption while the application is inactive. This has absolutely no effect on shutting down the applications in use, so you can still work on the open applications normally.

+ As mentioned above, some applications running in the background can benefit by keeping the function of supporting the operation of another application. So when you proceed to disable that background application, the host application (temporarily see it) will no longer work. For example, the alarm application installed on the device will usually include a service running in the background to count the exact time, if you turn off this background service, the alarm application will also stop working for you. until you start the alarm again.

Above is all information related to shutting down applications running in the background Windows 10 quickly and most effectively, hopefully will help you when needed. If you have any questions that need to be answered, please leave a comment below the article so that the experts will be dedicated and fast. 

David Pac

Update 07 February 2022