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 (22 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
- 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
/disabledefenderswitch - OR -
- Execute Optimizer with
/restart=disabledefenderswitch 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
/unsafeswitch
📊 Details
- Latest version: 15.8 (Released: August 26, 2023)
- SHA256: 2839B3E6F7BD5B3F530C2C4283CA5B16F6231358660A3AC05066FD432EAB9BC9
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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
❤️ 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.
