How to Start and Change Automatic Maintenance Schedule in Windows 10

Isabella Shinn

Updated: May 8, 2025

Windows 10 automatically schedules maintenance activities to improve your computer's performance and energy efficiency. These tasks include Windows updates, security scans, and system diagnostics. By default, maintenance runs daily at 2 AM. This guide shows you how to change the automatic maintenance schedule to a more convenient time.

How to Manually Start and Change Automatic Maintenance Schedule

Step 1: Open Security and Maintenance settings.

Open Control Panel, then click System and Security > Security and Maintenance.

Alternatively, type maintenance into the taskbar search box and click Security and Maintenance.

Step 2: Expand Maintenance in the Security and Maintenance window, then click Change maintenance settings to adjust the schedule.

If you need to run maintenance immediately, click Start Maintenance.

Step 3: Set a new schedule for Automatic Maintenance.