Best free 30 Tools for Every Windows 10 Desktop in 2018

Top 30 free apps for Windows 10

This list of top 30 apps covers Windows 10 programs that everybody needs. Whether you’re a grizzled Windows victim or a faltering Windows ingénue, these programs should be at the top of your list.

  1. Install all your programs with Ninite
  2. Handy tool for bad patches: Wushowhide
  3. Incremental backup: File History
  4. Tip-top zipper upper: 7-Zip
  5. Bring back deleted files with Recuva
  6. Look inside your PC with Speccy
  7. Best way to get the junk out: Revo Uninstaller
  8. Back it up with EaseUS Todo Backup
  9. Best system administration tool: Autoruns
  10. The other best system admin tool: Process Explorer
  11. Keep tabs on your hard drive with WinDirStat
  12. The sad story of Windows Defender
  13. Double-check for infections with Malwarebytes
  14. Get a better browser — Chrome or Firefox, or both, or Opera or…
  15. Password management for Windows and more: LastPass
  16. Free online storage with Dropbox
  17. Better mail and calendar with Gmail
  18. Free Office productivity with Office Online
  19. Store, retrieve and manage your photos with Google Photos
  20. Play music or videos without the nagging—use VLC Media Player
  21. Organize your music and videos with Foobar 2000
  22. Get to your music, videos, and photos anywhere with Plex Media Server
  23. Spotify is still the No. 1 music streaming service
  24. Rip and burn CDs and DVDs with HandBrake
  25. Notepad Next for fast, easy text
  26. Tackle torrents with Tixati
  27. Get connected with Line
  28. To-do gets to-done with Wunderlist
  29. Burn, baby, burn with Rufus
  30. Still nostalgic for Win7’s Start menu? Use Classic Shell’s Start Menu