💻/🖥️ Windows 10 - Prevent Startup Apps

TYPE	AUDIENCE	PRIORITY	COMPLEXITY	EFFORT	COST	UPDATED
Preparation	🧑/🏗️	⭐⭐	⭐	🧑	🆓	2021-06-17

Rationale

Running apps on start-up even when they aren't used is risky as running apps offer potential ways in which the system may be accessed remotely.

Instructions

What you should do

Go through the list of applications that are installed on the computer and remove the ones which are not necessary:

1. Select the Start button
2. Select Settings > Apps > Startup.
3. Make sure any app you don't want to run at startup are turned "Off".

Sources : Microsoft