Tools for clearing junk files, managing startup programs, checking hardware health and tuning Windows. Two or three is plenty — installing a dozen costs more performance than it recovers.
How to choose from this category
- One cleaner only — competing cleaners overlap and can conflict.
- Trimming startup programs is the single most effective speed-up, and needs no extra software.
- Be sceptical of anything promising multiples of performance — most just clear a cache.
- Back up the registry before running any registry cleaner.
Downloading and installing
Every page in this category follows the same shape: version and file size in the
side panel, the download link and its mirror in the middle, and step-by-step
install instructions below. If the file arrives as .rar or .zip, extract it
with WinRAR or 7-Zip first — any archive password is shown in the download box.
If your antivirus objects during extraction, pause real-time protection, extract again, and switch it back on once the install has finished.
