For users with a laptop, the battery is essential. We need the battery to last as long as possible charged. In addition, we have to take into account the processes that we have open on our Windows 10 computer. have processes running in the background. These processes are consuming battery that we want to use for other things.
Therefore, we have to make sure there are no Windows 10 apps running in the background. On our computer we have a function that allows us to prevent applications from playing in the background. A very useful function and that we show you how to activate.
We actually have two ways of doing it. Because Windows 10 allows us to decide if we want there to be applications that can run in the background. But, we can also make sure there are none running in the background.
Block all background apps
In this case, what we do is that there is no application on our computer that can run in the background. So the battery consumption is going to be much lower, something of importance for the user. The process of doing it is simple, because Windows 10 has a native function for it. What do we have to do in this case?
We have to go to the system setting. We can use the key combination Control + I. Once we are inside, we have to click on the option Privacy at the bottom of the screen. We click on it and a new window will then open.
In this window we find the privacy options of Windows 10. We look at the column on the left. We have to go down the same until we meet an option called "background applications". When we find it, we click on it.
The first thing we see at the top is a background applications, and below a switch. By default it is activated, but we can make it deactivate. In this way, All Windows 10 applications will be disabled in the background. None will be able to run in the background.
Choose applications that can run in the background
It may be the case that you want Windows 10 applications that you want to be able to run in the background. In this case, we can do it in the same section where we are now. Therefore, after having entered Settings, gone to privacy and entered applications in the background.
Below the option that allows us to deactivate or activate the background execution of all applications, we see that we get the names of the applications on our computer. Here, we can manually select which applications we want to allow to run in the background.
Therefore, what we have to do is select those that we want to be able to run in the background and those that cannot. You just have to click on the switch next to the name. Thus, there will be Windows 10 applications that can run in the background without problems.
All you have to do is select the ones you want, and then exit. In this way, the changes we have introduced are already registered.