{"id":11646,"date":"2018-05-31T02:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=11646"},"modified":"2018-05-31T02:49:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:49:09","slug":"disable-automatic-drive-optimization-defrag-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-automatic-drive-optimization-defrag-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Automatic Drive Optimization \/ Defrag in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to disable automatic disk defragmentation in Windows 10? By default, Windows 10 will run the drive optimization (previously called disk defragmentation) task once a week. When Windows 10 runs the scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-disk-defragmenter-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disk defragmenter<\/a> in the background, the computer begins to lag behind and becomes slow.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to get disturbed by automatic drive optimization \/ defragmentation, here&#8217;s how to disable it in Windows 10. After disabling, you can also optimize drives on your PC manually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Disable Automatic Drive Optimization \/ Defrag in Windows 10?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-methods-to-open-file-explorer-in-windows-8-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open File Explorer<\/a>. Right-click on any drive connected to your PC and select <strong>Properties<\/strong> from the context menu.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Tools<\/strong> tab, and then click the <strong>Optimize<\/strong> button under the &#8220;Optimize and defragment drive&#8221; section.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/optimize-and-defragment-drive.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11651\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Change settings<\/strong> button.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/optimize-drives.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11652\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the &#8220;<strong>Run on a schedule<\/strong>&#8221; box to disable automatic drive optimization completely.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/run-drive-optimization-on-schedule.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"305\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11653\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tOr click on the <strong>Choose<\/strong> button to turn off automatic optimization for individual drives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/schedule-optimize-for-specific-drive.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11654\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and you&#8217;re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to disable automatic disk defragmentation in Windows 10? By default, Windows 10 will run the drive optimization (previously called disk defragmentation) task once a week. When Windows 10 runs the scheduled disk defragmenter in the background, the computer begins to lag behind and becomes slow. 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