{"id":378480,"date":"2026-09-21T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378480"},"modified":"2026-09-21T02:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:20:15","slug":"windows-11-in-2026-tips-to-make-your-pc-faster-and-more-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-11-in-2026-tips-to-make-your-pc-faster-and-more-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 in 2026: tips to make your PC faster and more organized"},"content":{"rendered":"

By mid-2026, Windows 11<\/a> is the default version of Windows for most people. It\u2019s running on an estimated 69.9%<\/strong> of PCs, while Windows 10<\/a> has dropped to 28.2%, after mainstream Windows 10 support ended in October 2025. At this point, what matters isn\u2019t dark mode, wallpapers, or pinned apps. It\u2019s the Windows 11 tools that make everyday work a little less annoying.<\/p>\n

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Snap Layouts lets you arrange windows quickly. Snap Groups<\/strong> can bring back a full workspace across apps like a browser, Microsoft Teams<\/a>, and a spreadsheet. Virtual desktops also feel a lot more useful once you actually rename them, give each one a different wallpaper, and switch between them with Win + Ctrl + D or Win + Ctrl + left\/right.<\/p>\n\n

If you want more control, Microsoft PowerToys<\/a> is still one of the best free extras you can add. FancyZones<\/strong> gives you custom window layouts. PowerToys Run, on Alt + Space, is great for launching things fast. Text Extractor<\/a>, on Win + Shift + T, pulls text from images, receipts, presentations, and locked PDFs.<\/p>\n\n

If your day involves constant hopping between tabs, documents, chats, and creative apps, these are the Windows 11 tools to install first. They\u2019ll save you more time than any cosmetic tweak ever will.<\/p>\n\n

Windows 11 now feels stable and mature, but it can still seem slow for familiar reasons: too many startup apps<\/a><\/strong>, default settings that aren\u2019t always helpful, higher idle RAM use at around 2\u20133GB instead of the 1\u20132GB common on Windows 10, and older PCs still running on hard drives. Microsoft says its 2026 Project K2 Low Latency Profile improves app launches by up to 40% and speeds up some interface actions by up to 70%, though older hardware can still hold the whole experience back.<\/p>\n\n

Windows 11 and Microsoft PowerToys are available from Microsoft.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By mid-2026, Windows 11 is the default version of Windows for most people. It\u2019s running on an estimated 69.9% of PCs, while Windows 10 has dropped to 28.2%, after mainstream Windows 10 support ended in October 2025. At this point, what matters isn\u2019t dark mode, wallpapers, or pinned apps. It\u2019s the Windows 11 tools that … Continue reading “Windows 11 in 2026: tips to make your PC faster and more organized”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-378480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378481,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378480\/revisions\/378481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378480"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378480"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378480"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}