How to prevent Avast Cleanup from loading on startup?

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Whenever I turn on/restart my PC, the Avast Cleanup icon appears on the tray.

I tried disabling it using Task Manager => Startup, but it still appears every time my OS (Windows 10) starts up.

Thanks in advance.

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→ https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=63.0

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Removing Cleanup Component
Open the Avast User Interface
Select Menu (Top Right) > Settings > Components
Scroll down to Performance > Cleanup > Uninstall Component
Reboot.

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Thanks!

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You’re welcome. :slight_smile:

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This removed the Cleanup utility from Avast. That isn’t what was requested. Is there a way to disable Avast Cleanup from starting on Windoze start? That is a completely different option from “just remove it” as an answer. If there is no way to stop this from starting on Windoze startup, then this acts like a virus, not a utility, and Avast is not a product that should be used.

While I like the utility, I don’t want it running all the time and certainly not on system startup. As the user and system admin for my computer, this is my decision to make, not Avast’s.