Remove Uninstalled items from Startup Tab in Task manager of Windows 10/11

Most of the times user prefer to disable startup items to decrease CPU load of the PC. While doing this i found that many of the programs i uninstalled are still there in startup tab. For example i uninstalled Free download manager, but its still there in list of startup items as FDM in the list.

 

 

Solution 2 – Remove Uninstalled Items from the startup Tab in Task manager

1] Download AutoRun from Microsoft Official website.

2] Extract it and Run it.

3] Right click on Autoruns.exe and run as administrator.

3] Now, Click on Logon tab

4] uncheck the program you do not want in the startup items list.

 

5] Now, Go to the following path given below using file explorer address bar. (Just copy and paste these paths in address bar of file explorer.)

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

6] Now, delete the unwanted startup program shortcut from this directory.

7] Again , Go to the following path given below using file explorer address bar.

%Appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

8] Now, delete the startup programs from there also.

Solution 2

1] Press windows key + R together in your Keyboard to open RUN.

2] Now, Type Regedit in it .

3] Hit enter to open registry editor.

4] Once the registry editor opens up , browse to the following location.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• Software
• Microsoft
• Windows
• CurrentVersion
• Run

5] Now, Delete the Item from the left to get rid of the item from the startup Items.

 

 

 

Similarly locate and delete items from these locations also.

• HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Thats it. Hope it solves your Problem.