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6 background apps that were quietly killing my Windows 11 laptop’s performance
I haven't used any in years, yet they are eating into system resources.
You need to subtract stuff, not add more of it ...
To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.
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