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Background Windows apps are quietly eating your Wi-Fi — here’s how to stop them
Before you blame your internet connection, check if a background app is hogging the bandwidth.
To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.
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