Get Rid of Background Applications What are background applications Programs are running in the background if you do not start them by clicking on them They do not show up in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen They sometimes show up in the System tray at the bottom left corner of the screen – you can right click on these to find out what they do Some are required – they are good Many are loaded when you load software and select typical installation and may not be important to you – they may not provide you any benefit – YOU should decide Why manage them – they make your system inefficient consuming RAM using processing speed using disk space cluttering the registry.