Choose Which Applications Run in the Background in Windows 10

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Video: Choose Which Applications Run in the Background in Windows 10

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   The first thing that we need to do is click the lower-left corner of the screen to open the start menu

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   Then, we click "Settings"

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   Now, we need to scroll down

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   We click "Privacy"

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   We need to scroll down the left side of the window

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   We click "Background apps"

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   We wait for the list to finish being loaded.

   

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   On the right side of the window, we can turn the applications off or on

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   For example, Alarms & Clock is set to "On" in this video.

   

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   We scroll down

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   We will see the whole list of applications that can run in the background. For example, People is turned off.

   

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   If we want and application to be enabled, we simply click its "Off" toggle

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   We wait for the operation to finish. The toggle will be set to "On".

   

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    We allow background operation for the applications according to our preference, and then we can close the window

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