{"id":1157,"date":"2019-06-17T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nortonsecurityonline.com\/faq\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1157"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:25:57","slug":"how-do-i-turn-off-disk-optimization","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/art\/how-do-i-turn-off-disk-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I turn off disk optimization\/defragmentation in Norton?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To turn OFF the disk optimization managed by your <a href=\"\/norton\/us.html\">Norton 360 software<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In your Norton&#8217;s main window, on the left side, click <strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0(1st screenshot)<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Features<\/strong> tab, scroll down to the <strong>Performance<\/strong> section, and click to open <strong>Optimize Disk<\/strong> option (2nd screenshot)<\/li>\n<li>In the Optimize Disk window, click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> tab (3rd screenshot)<\/li>\n<li>In the Settings tab, use the options to configure how Norton 360 manages your PC&#8217;s disk defragmentation<\/li>\n<li>To turn the defragmentation\/optimization OFF, for the <strong>Automatically optimize drives on this PC<\/strong> option, click the switch to move it to the OFF position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Norton 360 \u2013 Main Window\/Dashboard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/norton-360-dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3970 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/norton-360-dashboard.png\" alt=\"Norton 360 Dashboard - Main Window\" width=\"1010\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/norton-360-dashboard.png 1010w, 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