Clean up autostart - how to make PC startup easier

For programs that you use frequently, you can enable autostart. This will start them automatically as soon as you boot your computer. However, if there are too many programs in Autostart, this can cause your PC to take too long to start.

How to clean up your startup

If you have put programs into autostart, they will be started when your computer boots up. If too many programs are started automatically, your PC can be slowed down a lot and thus delay the uploading of your computer. If you would like to boot your PC faster again, it therefore makes sense to remove some programs from the Autostart.

1. In Windows 10, you have the option to manage your Autostart programs via the Task Manager. In addition, you can view how much the startup of the PC is slowed down by this.
2. Open the Task Manager either via the key combination "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del" or via the context menu, which you open with a right-click on the desktop.
3. Then click on the "More Details" button.
4. Nun sehen Sie alle Programme, die im Moment aktiv sind.
5. Oben befindet sich der Tab „Autostart“, klicken Sie auf diesen.
6. Hier werden nun alle Programme angezeigt, die sich im Autostart befinden.
7. Zudem sehen Sie die Spalte „Startauswirkungen“, die Ihnen zeigt, wie sehr Ihr PC dadurch verlangsamt wird.
8. Mit einem Rechtsklick auf das Programm erscheint ein Kontextmenü. Wählen Sie den Punkt „Deaktivieren“.