{"id":75787,"date":"2024-01-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/?p=75787"},"modified":"2025-01-31T00:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T05:57:33","slug":"how-to-stop-ccleaner-from-starting-automatically-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/how-to-stop-ccleaner-from-starting-automatically-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop CCleaner From Starting Automatically in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CCleaner remains a popular tool for computer optimization despite the program’s history of privacy concerns<\/a>. By default, it starts with Windows, monitoring for junk files, checking for updates, and (in the Pro version) cleaning your PC on a schedule. But if you believe that slows down the operating system’s startup time, you can always choose to stop CCleaner from auto-launching.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disabling CCleaner at startup through the Windows Task Manager<\/a> is not always effective because the program runs multiple processes that continue to cause it to launch at startup. To prevent CCleaner from starting automatically, you must disable various settings from within the program. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to stop CCleaner from automatically starting in Windows.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disable Auto-Startup From Within CCleaner\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To prevent CCleaner from automatically launching in Windows, you must visit the program’s Options panel and turn off settings related to monitoring, scheduling, and updating. To do that:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Open the Start menu<\/span> and search for and open CCleaner<\/span>. Or, double-click the CCleaner<\/span> icon on the system tray.\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Select Options<\/span> in the lower-right corner of the CCleaner window.\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. On the Options panel that shows up, select Smart Cleaning<\/span> on the sidebar and disable the box next to Enable Smart Cleaning<\/span>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    1. Continue visiting the following sidebar categories and disable additional sub-settings, causing CCleaner to launch at startup.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n