Many factors depend on increasing a laptop or computer’s speed, including whether you are using an HDD or SSD, how much RAM is installed in your system and a better processor is essential for the better performance of Windows 11 on your PC/Laptop. Most importantly, your laptop or computer must have an SSD installed, and the OS should be installed on the SSD. Your laptop or computer should have a minimum of 8 GB RAM.
The speed of a laptop or computer also depends on its age; as time passes, our laptop or computer becomes slow. If your laptop or computer is ancient, if you have been using it for five years or more, then first replace the SSD or RAM of your system and give service to your system.
If your laptop or PC does not meet the minimum system requirements, you can still do the settings as per our advice. Your computer/laptop will become faster than before, but you will not get satisfactory results.
How To Speed Up Laptop
Today, our topic is how to increase the speed of your Laptop. I will tell you what settings I have applied on my Laptop that gave me the result, and my computer Laptop has become much faster. Now, I will tell you all these secret settings and tricks. Now power on the laptop, and first, you have to open Task Manager and check the Processes; we have to reduce the resources being used right now.
1) Remove Antivirus From Your Laptop
When we buy a new laptop, an antivirus comes pre-installed with it or we install an antivirus on it. Antivirus protects our laptops from viruses and malware; also, antivirus software slows our Laptops. Suppose you uninstall the antivirus software on your computer. In that case, there is no problem because Windows has the leading antivirus software, Windows Defender, which is enough to protect your system from viruses.
2) Remove Unused Apps
Just like we buy a new phone, which comes with lots of bloatware, the OS installed in our laptop, Windows 11 or Windows 10, also comes with lots of bloatware we never use. These apps take up most of our laptop’s space and use laptop resources. You have to uninstall or debloat all the unused apps (bloatware).
1. Open Apps & Features from the settings on your laptop and uninstall all unused apps. To uninstall, Click on the three dots and click on uninstall.
3) Display Transparency Effects & Animation Effects
Transparency effects are often found in the taskbar, Start menu, or window backgrounds, where you can see a blurred view of whatever’s behind the transparent area. While these effects can give the user interface a sense of depth and layering, they might also use more system resources, which could impact performance on less powerful devices. So turn this feature off helps us to speed up our laptop.
Animation effects are the visual movements you see when opening apps or switching pages, like sliding or fading. They make the experience smoother but can slow down older devices. If you use an old Laptop or Computer, make sure to disable animation effects if you really want to speed up your laptop or computer.
1. To optimize performance, turn off these two effects, which can slow down your Windows 11 PC. Search Visual Effects and turn off Transparency Effects and Animation Effects.
4) Disable Windows Permissions
Some permissions in Windows are enabled by default, which is not helpful; we have to disable them if you want to increase the performance of your laptop.
1. Open Privacy & Security settings, scroll down to Windows Permissions, and turn off all permissions, as shown in the image below.
2. Disable app permissions that you don’t use, such as location, notifications, contacts, calendar, phone calls, call history, email, Tasks, Messaging, Radios, and others.
5) Disable Startup Apps
Startup apps are programs that start in the background when you turn on your Laptop or Computer. They may be antivirus software, chat apps, or cloud storage services like OneDrive. Disabling these startup programs can help speed up your laptop’s performance and ensure that only the programs you want, like Windows Defender or Realtek Audio, are running in the background.
To stop apps from launching when you start your computer:
1. Press `Ctrl + Shift + Esc`. Now Task Manager will open, click “Startup” to see which apps will run at startup.
2. Find the app you don’t want to start automatically, click on it, then hit “Disable” at the bottom right.
This way, those apps won’t start automatically every time you turn on your computer.
6) Debloat Windows 11
1. Download and open this “Windows 11 Debloater” App. From here, select “Disable Cortana”, and after selecting it, click on ‘Run Script’.
2. In the second, select “Uninstall OneDrive” and click ‘Run Script’.
3. In the third, select “Visual FX For Performance”, and after selecting, click on ‘Run Script’.
4. Then go to the “Advance Debloater” tab.
5. Select your system type, such as Laptop, Desktop, or VM. I will select a Laptop because I am currently using one. Then, click on ‘Run Script’.
7) Delete Temporary Files
The operating system in our computer creates some files, which we call temporary files, and we can use disk cleanup to remove them. These files are basically used by our operating system to store short-term data, such as log files, error reports, cache, cookies, and so on. These temporary or junk files can be cleared manually and also automatically. Storage Sense is a feature by default on Windows 11 that is built to manage and free up your computer’s space automatically.
1. Search ‘Storage Settings’ and open it.
2. Enable the ‘Storage Sense’ option here. Your system will now automatically flush temporary files.
To manually clean temporary files follow the steps below:
1. Open the ‘Disk Cleanup’ tool, select your OS drive (In most systems, the C drive is the OS drive), and click OK.
2. Check Mark on all the boxes and Ok.
3. Now, it will clean all temporary files.
Now, clean temporary files from temp folder.
1. Press ‘Win + R’ on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. Type ‘temp’ and hit Enter. This will open the Temp folder.
2. Select all files and Delete it. If any files are in use, you might get a message saying they can’t be deleted. Just skip those.
Repeat this process, then do the same for the %temp% folder. Next, type recent in the Run dialog, delete everything in the Recent folder, and finally, empty the Recycle Bin. This will help free up space and improve performance.
8) Delete Chrome Browser
If you have an ancient PC or laptop using Chrome browser, uninstall it because it uses more resources and slows down our system. You can use Mozilla Firefox instead of Chrome browser. If you still want to use the Chrome browser on your old system, remove unused extensions from your Chrome browser.
9) Ensure Your Windows Is Always Up-To-Date
Keeping Windows up-to-date is key to keeping your PC running smoothly. Updates boost speed, fix bugs, and strengthen security, protecting against malware. They also ensure your system works well with the latest software and hardware and manages resources better for a smoother experience.
10) Proper Shutdown (Laptop Only)
Fast Startup speeds up your computer’s boot time by saving some of its current state when you shut down. When you restart, it loads from this saved state, skipping specific startup steps. You can turn Fast Startup on or off in the Power Options settings to help speed up your Windows 11 PC. Disabling Fast Startup can help you start your operating system fresh and boost performance.
1. Open Control Panel and click on ‘Hardware and Sound’.
2. Click on ‘Power Options’.
3. From here, click on ‘Change Plan Settings’.
4. To do changes on ‘Shutdown Settings’ click on ‘Change settings that are currently unavailable’.
5. From here uncheck the ‘Turn on fast startup’ box and restart your laptop.
Conclusion
These were my secret settings, which I will apply to my laptop to increase its speed. I guarantee you that after applying these settings to your computer, it will also become faster than before. Here, you can also see our resource usage, how much it was when we started applying these settings, and how much it is now. From this, you can guess how these settings affect our system’s performance.
How do I make my Windows 11 laptop run faster?
I mentioned it earlier, but I will tell you that the laptop’s speed depends on many factors, like using SSD instead of HDD in laptop hardware, high-frequency RAM, and some settings mentioned in this article.
Why is Windows 11 so slow on my laptop?
Windows 11 may be slow on your laptop because it may not support your laptop, but you install forcefully Windows 11 with some tricks. Try the settings mentioned above once; it may be works on your laptop and faster windows 11 on your laptop.
How do I make my laptop high Performance Windows 11?
To run Windows 11 in high-performance mode on your laptop, start by setting your laptop’s power mode to Best Performance. Use these settings only when you are performing high-performance tasks like editing and gaming. These settings will increase your laptop’s battery consumption.
How can I increase my laptop processor speed Windows 11?
If you want to increase the speed of your laptop processor. If your laptop processor supports overclocking, you can overclock it or use your laptop while charging to maximise your processor speed.
