optimizer

ℹ️ Advanced Privacy and Security Configuration Utility

Welcome to Optimizer, an advanced configuration utility designed to enhance your privacy and security on Windows. This tool is highly recommended for use after a fresh installation of Windows to achieve maximum privacy and security benefits. Depending on your Windows version, Optimizer can also help you apply specific system tweaks.

🏗️ Key Features:

• Full multilingual support (24 languages available)
• Enhance system and network performance
• Disable unnecessary Windows services
• Turn off Windows telemetry, Cortana, and more
• Disable Office telemetry (works with Office 2016 or newer)
• Stop automatic Windows 10 updates
• Download multiple useful apps quickly
• Disable CoPilot AI in Windows 11
• Uninstall UWP apps
• Clean system drive and browser profiles
• Fix common registry issues
• Ping IPs and assess latency
• Search IPs on SHODAN.io
• Quickly change DNS server (from a pre-made list)
• Flush DNS cache
• Remove unwanted startup programs
• Edit your HOSTS file
• Identify and terminate file lock handles
• Hardware inspection tool
• Add items to the desktop right-click menu
• Define custom commands for the run dialog
• Support silent runs using a template file

⬇️ Downloads

Find the latest release of Optimizer on the Releases page.

🖼️ Screenshots

View Optimizer in action through our Screenshots collection.

🆘 How to Disable Defender in Windows 10 1903 and Later

• Restart in SAFE-MODE and run Optimizer with /disabledefender switch
• OR -
• Execute Optimizer with /restart=disabledefender switch for automated disabling

🔨 Automation using Templating

Explore the possibilities of automation with Optimizer through our Automation Guide.

🔨 Command-line Options

Check out the Command-line Options available for Optimizer.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common queries in the FAQ Section.

📰 Changelog

Stay updated with the latest changes through the Changelog.

🛡️ Security Policy

Learn about our security measures in the Security Policy.

💻 Compatibility

• Requires .NET Framework 4.8.1
• Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
• Can run on Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 using /unsafe switch

📊 Details

• Latest version: 16.0 (Released: October 14, 2023)
• SHA256: 871F3C2E03F87CC61490BD02BB90FEBA5C6D7344C14363640B4121790876C264

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🌐 Join our Community

Be a part of our Discord community.

❤️ Credits and Acknowledgments

• ByteSize - A useful library by Omar Rahman
• ColorPicker - Theme engine, courtesy of cat (GitHub Profile)

❤️ Translations

We'd like to extend our gratitude to the following contributors for their translations:

• Russian: mrkaban
• German: theflamehd
• Turkish: Kheasyque
• Spanish: danielcshn
• Portuguese: Cassio
• French: RAFF47
• Italian: Ziocash
• Chinese: btwise
• Czech: Tom Longhorn
• Taiwanese: H3XDaemon
• Korean: VenusGirl
• Polish: Wilamaxin
• Arabic: MesterPerfect
• Romanian: BeamingNG, DefaultUser9148
• Dutch: svanlaere
• Ukrainian: Kirill Ermakov
• Japanese: Yamada Hayao, creeper-0910
• Kurdish: Parwar Andam
• Hungarian: Zan
• Farsi: MjavadH
• Nepali: chapagetti
• Hellenic
• Bulgarian

❤️ Contribute with a translation

If you would like to translate the app into your language, you can do so, by translating the EN.json and making a PR. Don't forget to mention your language's official name, as well as its national flag.

• EN.json