{"id":30687,"date":"2025-08-26T07:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=30687"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:29:20","slug":"how-to-use-the-windows-settings-app-to-control-startup-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-use-the-windows-settings-app-to-control-startup-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Windows Settings App To Control Startup Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Use the Windows Settings App To Control Startup Programs<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This tip is for Windows 10 and 11<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of you know you can disable (or enable) Windows startup programs using Task Manager\u2019s Startup tab. It\u2019s not as robust as some 3rd-party startup programs, but it can help trim startup programs that can bog down your Windows computer. Having too many programs start with Windows is one of the main reasons why some Windows computers run slower than they should.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know you can enable or disable startup programs using the Settings app? You can \u2013 and we\u2019re going to show you how.<\/span><\/p>\n

Type STARTUP APPS in the taskbar search and press Enter when you see Startup apps appear in the search results.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span>
\nAbove:\u00a0 Windows 10 Startup apps<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span>
\nAbove: Windows 11 Startup Apps<\/span><\/p>\n

To disable a startup program, slide the switch next to it to off. To enable it, turn the switch on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ensure you don’t disable your antivirus & antimalware programs, touchpad, printer, backup programs, or other startups that may cause problems if you turn them off.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you accidentally turn a startup off, the fix is easy: open Settings > Apps > Startup and flip the switch back on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Use the Windows Settings App To Control Startup Programs This tip is for Windows 10 and 11 Most of you know you can disable (or enable) Windows startup programs using Task Manager\u2019s Startup tab. It\u2019s not as robust as some 3rd-party startup programs, but it can help trim startup programs that can bog down your\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4353,3948,4221,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30688,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30687\/revisions\/30688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}