The file smartdefrag.exe, known as Smart Defrag, belongs to software Smart Defrag from IObit. This application is a free disk defragger that is designed to work automatically and quietly in the background of the PC. This utility enables users to analyze quickly the hard drive to check the level of defragmentation before performing a system scan. The software interface shows different colored blocks that represent the fragmented files and frequently used files, and a helpful key is provided to show what each colored block represents. The user has the option to choose a straight defragmentation that is fast, or perform a fast or deep optimization after defragmentation. The tool called Smart Defrag automatically defrags the files most frequently used, without affecting or slowing down the performance of the system. This tool also features a scheduler so users can set it up to defrag during the downtimes of the computer. It can run scans on boot up and shut down the computer when the defragging of selected hard drives or partitions has been completed.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. smartdefrag.exe. is used by Smart Defrag, If you shut down smartdefrag.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop smartdefrag.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Smart Defrag, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed smartdefrag.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Smart Defrag, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if smartdefrag.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that smartdefrag.exe, belongs to, in this case Smart Defrag