What is Softthinks and how do I disable it?

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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If you are noticinghigh disk usagein your Task Manager and theprocessbehind it is Softthinks, you might be wondering what Softthinks is and whether it is a criticalprocessbefore trying to end theprocess.

In this article, we answer what isSoftthinksand how you canfix the high disk usagecaused by Softhinks Service Agent on your Windows system.

What is Softthinks and why its Service Agent causes high disk usage?

What is Softthinks?

To put it simply, Softhinks is abackup utilitythat runs in thebackgroundand does not have an interface hence easy to miss for the users. Thisprocesswhen in use creates a backup of your system and helps you to recover your system in case of fatal error or crash.

Sometimes, theprocesscan cause issues with the system and slows down the system by using all the disk resources. The resource can reach up to 100% for the hard drive as well as 80% of the CPU usage.

This usually happens in case the utility is not compatible with the version of Windows you are running. When aprocessstarts to use 100% of disk resources, the system does not have enough resources to perform other operations hence starts to feel slow and buggy.

Some users have reported that due to Softthinks service agent the computer freezes for more than a few hours with 100% disk usage.

Can you Safely Disable Softhinks Service Agent and how to do it?

Yes, you can disable Softhinks safely without affecting any of the critical functionality of your Windows system. It is not an essential service for Windows and most of the time creates high resource usage issues resulting in freezing and battery draining issues.

This issue mostly affects only Dell made laptops as the service is exclusive to the laptop maker. Dell includes this little backup utility with its devices; however, due to the issues, Dell has released several updates to the fix the issue.

If you don’t need the backup utility and never used it before, we recommend you to disable it. Here is how you can disable Sofththinks agent service on your Windows 10 system.

Method 1: Disable Softhinks Agent Service

If you don’t want to delete the Dell backup utility just yet, you can choose to disable the service from starting automatically. Stopping the service will fix the highdiskusage issue caused Softhinks service agents. Here is how to do it.

Reboot your system. After the system restarts, open the task manager and check thediskusage. It should be normal as you have successfully disabled the Softhinks agent service.

Method 2: Uninstall Softhinks Agent Service

The Softhinks Agent Service is a software component of theDellBackuputility. If you don’t need the Dell Backup utility, you can uninstall it from your system.

What is Softthinks and how do I disable it?#

What is Softthinks and why its Service Agent causes high disk usage?#

What is Softthinks?#

Can you Safely Disable Softhinks Service Agent and how to do it?#

Method 1: Disable Softhinks Agent Service#

Method 2: Uninstall Softhinks Agent Service#