In addition to the operating system itself, the rest of the programs that we install on it are key software elements for our day-to-day life with the PC. But sometimes they can be detrimental to the performance of the team, something that can negatively affect, for example, Windows 11.
As soon as we turn on our PC in Windows, without us noticing, an innumerable number of processes and some applications are launched. These remain running in the background and on many occasions we are not aware of all this. The importance of what we are telling you about lies in the fact that those programs that are running consume PC resources, which can affect its general performance.
It is true that it is very useful, since these background applications allow us to work with several programs at the same time, one of the main objectives of the system. But at the same time it is important to know that not all applications on your PC they need to run in the background. This is something that becomes especially important in those titles that consume a high amount of equipment resources. By this we mean that they consume RAM without us using it and possibly slow down the operation of the PC.
We have several ways to try to solve this problem related to applications running in the background in Windows 11. In fact, next, we are going to talk about preventing software from running in the background in the microsoft system. This way we will not find ourselves before significant sudden drops in performance of the equipment while we work with the programs that we have on screen at the moment.
Remove startup applications in Windows
One of the most effective moves to get rid of apps running in the background in Windows is to remove them from startup. It must be taken into account that some of the programs that we install in the operating system configure themselves to start with Windows, even if we do not need them. This means that they are running all the time consuming resources and sometimes we don’t even realize it. To solve this problem, the first thing we do is access the Task Manager of the system.
Once the window of this appears on the screen, we are located in the section called Start. We will see a list with all the programs that start up when we start the PC. The advantage here is that we have the possibility to enable or disable those titles based on our needs. The more we disable, the better when it comes to saving PC resources.
Change app permissions
We can also use this other method that basically prevents applications from being run in the background. To do this, we are going to use the Windows 11 Configuration application, which we do with the Win + I key combination. Here, we are in the section called Applications on the left side and click on Applications and features.
Now we have to locate the app we want deactivate so it doesn’t work in the background. Once we find it, we click on the button with three vertical points next to it and select Advanced Options.
In the Background application permissions section, we open the drop down list and we select, Never. We can repeat this with as many installed titles as we wish.
