It is dismaying to have your battery power or your limited data plan chewed up by background applications. This post covers 3 methods in which you can disable background app usage on windows 11 the masterpiece operating system.
Watch the video or follow the instructions below
The First Method
Step 1: Click the window
start menu
Step 3: Select system
Step 4: Under system
select the Power & Battery option
Step 5: Scroll down and
select battery usage
Step 6: Under battery usage, you get to see all the apps installed on your computer and for this demonstration, we shall select the Microsoft Teams app.But start with the settings app
Step 7: Click the three dots aligned to the Microsoft
Teams app and then click Manage background activity.
Step 8: Under the background app permission choose never.
Repeat these steps with all the apps you don’t want to
run in the background.
The Second Method
you can use as an alternative to the first one is as
follows
Step 1: Click the window start menu
Step 3: Select Apps
Step 4: Under Apps select
Apps & features
Step 5: Select the apps you want to disable. For this illustration, we shall select the Feedback Hub app.
Step 6: Click the three dots aligned to the Feedback
Hub app and then click Advanced options.
Step 7: Under the background app permission choose never.
Repeat these steps with all the apps you don’t want to
run in the background even with this method.
The Third Method
This is the most preferable method because it is quick
and comprehensive
Step 1: Click the windows start menu
Step 2: Search gpedit
and open it
Step 3: On Edit group policy select and expand Computer Configuration then select and expand Administrative Templates then select and expand Windows Components then click Apps Privacy on the right display tab select Let windows apps run in the background
Step 4: On the windows
that open after you click Let windows apps run in the background select
Disabled and click OK to stop all the apps from running in the background.
All in all,
choose the best method that works for your computer and kindly note that these
methods only work on windows 11. You can get your windows 11 here if your
computer can support and run it smoothly.