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IS YOUR COMPUTER SLOW? RUN LIKE NEW

If they are not maintained, computers lose performance over time. Norton Utilities Ultimate can help significantly improve the performance of your Windows computers.

Applicable for: Mac,Windows

Features of Norton Utilities Ultimate

Maintain the health of your Windows PC or Mac with Norton Utilities Ultimate. With a comprehensive set of tools, you can clean and repair your Windows PC or Mac, improve its processing speed, and browse online faster.

With Norton Utilities Ultimate, you can speed up your Windows PC or Mac and free up valuable storage space by removing unneeded apps, programs, and leftover data. Automated PC cleaning and optimization help keep your Windows PC or Mac healthy and better performing without having to think about maintenance tasks. You will also enjoy increased online privacy through the removal of temporary browser files and cookies that advertisers can use to track your behavior.

Norton Utilities Ultimate helps you:

  • Automatically optimize your Windows PC's or Mac processing power, memory, and hard drive when you launch high-demand apps to help give you a smoother gaming, editing, and streaming experience

  • Clean and speed up your Windows PC or Mac by working to fix common issues that can cause frustrating slowdowns or crashes

  • Identify and help remove unwanted programs that slow you down

  • Free up space on your hard drive to allow you faster access to programs

  • Maintain your digital privacy by enabling you to erase your browser data

  • Keep your local device data private by modifying the operating system’s settings

Key features and benefits

Windows

  • Processes: Turn off programs that run automatically in the background to stop them from slowing down your Windows PC at startup and impacting the speed and performance of your daily tasks.

  • System Junk1: Over time, your Windows system and apps generate obsolete and useless files that steal your disk space. You can eliminate this system junk, even those pesky leftover files that remain after you uninstall an app.

  • Uninstaller2 and Uninstall Simulator: Identify unnecessary and unwanted software clogging up your Windows PC that you can easily uninstall to enjoy more space for the applications you use. You can use the Uninstall simulator to see what the impact would be on your Windows PC if you uninstall a particular app.

  • Automatic Cleaning: Schedule regular Windows PC cleaning to automatically remove system junk and browser data. Set it up once according to your preferences, then relax knowing that we’ve got you covered, keeping your Windows PC tidy.

  • Browser Cleaner: Your browser keeps records of where you go and what you do online. Sometimes, this can be useful, but it also takes up space on your hard drive and can put your online privacy at risk. By cleaning your browser data, you make it harder for others to track your online activity.

  • Data Shredder: Delete data so that others can’t retrieve it. Going beyond standard methods of simply deleting files. Data Shredder uses advanced techniques that overwrite the actual data, making it virtually impossible to recover.

  • Data Recovery: Recover lost and deleted data3. Find deleted files and try recovering them before they are overwritten. Data Recovery enables you to recover deleted files and data lost from hard drives, USB drives, and memory cards.

  • Undo Center4: You can revert the changes made by Norton Utilities Ultimate.

  • Cloud Cleaner: Clean up your cloud drive5 by removing duplicate, large, and old files. Take control of your cloud drive and reclaim valuable space easily and fast.

Mac

File Cleanup1: Over time, apps and your system create clutter that steals your storage space. Allows you to easily clear out junk, including leftover files from uninstalled apps.

Browser Cleaner: Your browser keeps track of your online activity, which takes up space and may put your privacy at risk. Allows you to clear your browser data when you need to stay more private online.

Cloud Cleaner5: Clean up your cloud drive by removing duplicate, large, and old files. Take control of your cloud drive and reclaim valuable space easily and fast.

Duplicate Finder: Detects multiple files with identical content, like photos, videos, or documents, so you can decide what to keep and what to clear out.

Photo Cleaner: Find and delete unwanted, bad, duplicate, or similar photos, images, screenshots, and large videos.

Uninstaller: Find and easily uninstall unnecessary apps clogging up your Mac to enjoy more space for the apps you use.

Automatic Cleaning: Schedule regular cleaning to automatically remove system junk and browser data.

Startup Manager: Turn off programs that run automatically in the background to stop them from slowing down your Mac and impacting the performance of your daily tasks.

Statistics: The Statistics screen shows you what you have accomplished in Norton Utilities Ultimate. You can see an overview of the actions you have completed in the app in the last 30 days.

Disclaimers

Norton Utilities Ultimate is available only on Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, or 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions), excluding Windows on ARM, in S mode, Mixed Reality, Mobile, IoT, Starter, macOS Big Sur 11.x or later, and RT editions.

1Works only on non-SSD hard drives.

2Works offline, but with an Internet connection, it can provide the latest ranking on programs and files that can be deleted.

3Files that are deleted using the Data Shredder tool in Norton Utilities Ultimate are not recoverable.

4Browser data and system junk that are removed cannot be reversed with Undo enter.

5Cloud Cleaner is currently available for Google Drive, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive.

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DocID: v20230412173556176
Last modified: 02/24/2026

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