By: Cristina | Last updated November 24, 2020

8.2 / 10

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2020 boosts, cleans and optimizes the performance of your Windows system far beyond what built-in tools can deliver. Multiple included modules help analyze, customize and tweak Windows to your needs. Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a program designed to help you improve the performance level of your computer, by providing you with some essential tools. The interface of the application is clean. Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a program designed to help you improve the performance level of your computer, by providing you with some essential tools. The interface of the application is clean. Ashampoo® WinOptimizer 17 cleans, protects and optimizes your PC like no other program can. Gain new disk space, disable unwanted services and boost your PC performance to the max! Protect your privacy and customize Windows to your needs. Enjoy steady performance and a lean, secure system!

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CONS:

• Caused a slight lag in certain areas of the test

SUMMARY:

Ashampoo WinOptimizer produced similar results to our highest scoring registry repair software, with the exception of finding more than 1200 errors more during its initial scan. While it sped up the overall performance of the test PC by 5 percent, it caused a minor lag in the process to other areas it was tested for. It comes with dozens of amazing premium features, and it’s very easy to use.

COMPLETE REVIEW

Ashampoo WinOptimizer is among the five best registry cleaners we had the chance to review. Aside from it being reliable and very expedient, it also comes with many more features than your average registry cleaner. Although it didn’t produce the highest results when we tested it, it deserved its high ranking due to more than 30 tools and features available to you with its entry level version. Considering most registry cleaning software comes with only a few features, Ashampoo WinOptimizer is basically a suite at the fraction of its price.

WinOptimizer prides itself in being lean meaning it’s designed in a simple, accessible way so that anyone can use it with great ease. Although most registry cleaning software is easy to use, with the WinOptimizer the scan and repair option is just a few clicks away. The software allows you to roll back on any fixes that might have caused you problems allowing you greater flexibility with fixing selected Windows registry errors. Included in the app, you can also schedule registry scans for a more thorough – less hands on approach. Unless you’re an advanced registry repair software user, you probably won’t notice WinOptimizer is missing an option for selective error handling. While most other software we looked at give you the opportunity to individually (de)select and check each error found in the scan, WinOptimizer simply lists the issues without the option of affecting its selection in any way.

The additional 30 features Ashampoo WinOptimizer offers are what makes it such a great software package. As a standard with registry cleaners, the software has a startup optimizer that prioritizes apps that start up with your system. If you’re in the habit of installing apps with preexisting settings, this feature will come in useful since most apps you install are pre-programed to start with your system thus causing significant lag. It features and uninstall feature that allows you to remove unwanted software more thoroughly from your PC. You can clean out junk files that accumulate over time and can impact your PCs performance. There is a file shredder and a tool to encrypt your files if you’d like to keep them at an elevated safety level.

Although Ashampoo WinOptimizer is regularly marketed for $49.99, there are sometime promotions where you can get it for a lot less. Considering this is one of the fullest registry cleaning software packages we reviewed, you’re paying the price of entry level software for what is effectively a suite.

To test the overall value and performance of each product, we tested each piece of software under equal conditions on an older computer for added strain. The main focus for us were the registry repair capabilities, since the app is supposed to scan and repair any errors found in the Windows registry. Then we measured how efficient the software was at optimizing the test PC’s performance after fixing various issues it came upon. Only the best registry cleaning software made onto our list. Focusing mostly on its registry repair capabilities we found that Ashampoo WinOptimizer is efficient, but a bit rough around the edges.

During our review we found that although all software we tested did improve the test PC’s performance, it did so in a minimal way. It’s important to note that while registry repair software will fix crucial Windows registry issues, it won’t change your user experience significantly. Tested on the same computer as all other reviewed software, Ashampoo WinOptimizer found 1.604 issues with the Windows registry, five times more than RegistryCleanerKit. After resolving all the errors it found, the software improved the test PC’s overall performance by a little more than 5 percent - almost 2 percent less than the first in its category. While it improved the speed at which word and data were processed by less than 8 percent, WinOptimizer actually slowed the test PC down in other areas it was tested for (graphics processing, web surfing speed and video chat quality). Although we did register the lag with the benchmarking software installed on the test PC, the slowdown was so minimal an average user wouldn’t be able to register it during everyday use.

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While Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a great overall product, it’s lacking a more personal customer support approach to make it excellent. Although you can contact an agent by submitting a ticket, if you need a more personal approach or if you’re problem is too complex to write about it might be annoying to find out there’s no phone or live-chat support. There is however a FAQ section, but it’s only useful if you haven’t run into a problem that requires expert advice.

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• Instantly access features and up-to-date data on your dashboards
• Defrag without any performance drain
• Merge free disk space
• Review and analyze your drive extensively
• Access tests quickly and clearly with the benchmark center
• View enhanced system details with optimized hardware detection
• Keep all cleaners up-to-date
• Utilize full Microsoft Edge Chromium support and enhanced browser extension manager
• Detect browsing traces with new Internet Cleaner algorithm
• Get more details on installed hardware during system analyses
• Quickly start up modules
• Review detailed analysis logs

Optimize

Deal with several issues at once with 1-click optimization! Free up space by eliminating web browsing traces with Internet Cleaner, and reduce compromises to your privacy and security. Delete redundant files and reclaim disk space with Drive Cleaner, and remove invalid Registry entries with Registry Cleaner. Improve your PC’s performance and avoid system errors all at once.

Inform

NEW: Dashboard Overviews

Get a detailed picture of your system quickly and instantly access essential features with Dashboards! There's no longer any need to manually open modules to get the whole picture - you can find all of the latest details on vital tasks under “Clean, Optimize, and Inform.” Status updates on your Registry, dubious services or privacy threats, and much more are all neatly arranged for you to assess. Once you spot an area that requires action, a single click will take you right to the affected module.

Clean

Track down where the latest browsers and setup programs store junk files and clean them out! Eliminate risks to your privacy with the newest version of WinOptimizer, which constantly analyzes and detects new threats. With full support for multi-user environments, you won’t have to clean each profile separately ever again.

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Protect

Take back control of your system by deciding which passwords, telemetry data, and photos are sent out or kept private. With the included Win10 Privacy Control and Antispy, you can crack down on unsolicited tracking of your PCs, personalized ads, or nosy programs.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 18 is much more than a mere tune-up and cleaning suite. With 37 powerful modules from security maintenance to privacy protection, to smart system analyses, WinOptimizer is the total package just for you.

Automate

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Remove junk data and prevent it before it even happens using Auto-Clean. Whenever you close your browser or any other program, it makes a clean sweep and gets rid of files you no longer need. Real-time tweaking to accelerate program launches with Live-Tuner can be manually customized to modify process priorities. If you’re a gamer, Game-Booster terminates all background processes non-essential in order to give your games the ultimate performance boost. Once you finish playing, the changes are reverted automatically so you can continue working normally.

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