Setting up a new gaming PC. Start clean, stay clean.
The first hour with a new gaming PC decides how it ages. What to check, remove, and tune with eclean before the preloads and startup apps settle in.
Free · Windows 10 and 11
The problem.
The PC is finally on the desk and it should feel effortless. Prebuilts arrive with trials and vendor utilities already pinned to startup, and even a clean build collects launchers and helper apps within a week. You want it set up properly, without pasting tweaks from a video into a machine you just paid for.
A new gaming PC is the fastest it will ever feel. What erodes that is rarely one big thing. It is the slow accumulation of software that starts at boot, runs in the background, and asks for attention at the worst moment. Day one is the cheapest time to prevent it, because there is almost nothing to undo yet.
The order matters more than the effort. Look first, and let the inventory confirm the Windows build and the parts you paid for. Remove next, while the preloads are still strangers. Tune after that, with changes that explain themselves and can be reverted. From then on, anything that wants to start with Windows has to earn the spot.
Looking first pays off more often than people expect. Prebuilts occasionally ship with the wrong memory speed, a drive from a different spec sheet, or a Windows build several updates behind, and the inventory states what is actually in the case in plain terms. Confirming the machine matches the order is a five minute check that beats discovering a discrepancy after the return window, and the live views give you a baseline for what the PC looks like doing nothing, which makes every later comparison meaningful.
The removal pass is easiest on day one because the inventory is still short. Trials, vendor utilities, and the store's idea of essentials stand out immediately when everything else on the machine is something you chose this week. Install dates and publishers mark the factory layer, removals check for leftovers, and the browser extension list starts empty, which is exactly how you get to see what tries to join it.
Tuning closes the first session. Quick Optimize applies the recommended set in one pass, or the tweaks page lets you walk them one at a time, and the ones this page lists further down stop suggested app installs, Game Bar's background recording, and update sharing to other PCs before any of them become habits. Every change is described first and lands in the history, so the machine's whole configuration story stays one you can read back later. The vendor jobs stay with the vendors, because GPU drivers and BIOS updates belong to their own tools, and eclean does not pretend otherwise.
What eclean does here. In this order.
Confirm what you paid for
The inventory shows your Windows version and build, firmware, processor, graphics, memory, storage, and network hardware in plain terms, so day one starts with knowing exactly what is in the case.
In Your PC
Remove what you did not ask for
Preloaded trials are easiest to remove before they take root. The inventory puts desktop programs, packaged Windows apps, and browser extensions in one list, and the install date and publisher make the vendor's additions easy to tell from your own.
In Uninstaller
Apply the recommended set, deliberately
Each recommendation describes what it changes and why it can help, and you can apply the whole recommended set in one pass. Everything you apply lands in a history with a supported route back, so day one experiments are not commitments.
In Optimizer
Keep the startup quiet while it still is
Startup apps, services, and scheduled tasks appear in one place. On a new PC the list is short, and reviewing it now means the background load only grows when you decide it should.
In Booster
Free on Windows 10 and 11, no trial timer.
Download freeThe tweaks, by name. Each one explains itself before it runs.
Disable Content Delivery
Stops Windows from automatically installing suggested apps, showing app recommendations in the Start menu, and displaying tips and advertisements throughout the system.
Disable Game Bar
Disables Xbox Game Bar, Game DVR, and background game recording features. This reduces CPU and memory overhead during gaming sessions and eliminates overlay-related performance impacts.
Disable Background Apps
Prevents apps from running in the background when not actively in use. This reduces CPU and memory usage, extends battery life on laptops, and improves overall system responsiveness.
Disable Delivery Optimization Peering
Sets Delivery Optimization to HTTP-only, no-peering mode. Updates still download normally, but Windows stops sharing update content with other PCs.
Every tweak above changes Windows settings, and applied changes land in a history. See how Optimizer works
Proof, then limits.
What you can check
You can apply the whole recommended set in one pass, or go through changes one at a time.
In OptimizerThe hardware inventory covers Windows, firmware, processor, graphics, memory, storage, and network details together.
In Your PC
Where eclean stops
eclean does not install GPU drivers or update the BIOS. First boot jobs like those belong to your hardware vendors' tools.
A new PC that still stutters after cleanup may have a driver or hardware problem, and eclean will not pretend otherwise.
If eclean steps over a line here, tell us and we'll fix it.
Still deciding? Fair questions, answered.
What does my PC need to run it?
Very little. If your PC runs Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), it runs eclean. The full spec sheet is one page long.
Is eclean safe to download?
Yes. The installer is a single signed file from our own release server, with no bundled extras. While our signing certificate is new, Windows SmartScreen may ask you to confirm the publisher, which reads eclean Labs AB, the company that signs our Windows installer. What the app collects, and what it never touches, is documented in the trust center.
Is the free version actually useful?
Yes. The core of eclean, understanding your PC and keeping it tidy, is free without time limits or nagging. Pro adds the upkeep that runs on its own, like weekly cleanup.