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Copying Too Slow in Windows 10 & 11 {Three Solutions} Increase File Transfer Speed
Are file transfers taking longer than usual on your Windows 11 PC? If so, there may be apps running in the background of your system that are slowing down file transfers. There are other reasons why this issue may be occurring, but luckily, there are a few tweaks you can make to your computer that may fix the problem. We’ll show you how to do that on your machine.
When your file transfer tasks are slower than usual, the first thing you should check is the apps running in the background of your system. You may have unused apps on your computer that are using valuable resources and leaving little to no resources for your file transfer tasks.
In this case, closing those unwanted apps will fix your copying speed issue. You can close most apps on your Windows 11 PC by selecting the X icon at the top-right corner of the app. If an app refuses to quit, use the Task Manager to force quit the app, as follows:
