In testingYour computer, one click from how you want it.
Turn on Focus, Presentation or Battery saver and Ctrl One changes the right settings together, checks each one stuck, and puts them all back when you're done. It also shows which apps can use your camera and microphone, and fixes your privacy settings in one click.
Windows 10 & 11 · Linux Mint & Ubuntu
Try Ctrl One
Click Focus on Home, open the tray icon in the corner, or pick a palette in Settings. App names here are examples.
What it does
Modes that undo themselves.
Focus, Presentation, Meeting, Evening, Battery saver, or your own. One click changes everything a mode needs; one more puts it all back exactly as it was.
Modes that switch on by themselves.
When a call starts, when you unplug, when a second screen connects, or at set times. Off until you turn them on.
Privacy, checked.
A privacy score, a list of what to fix and a Fix button beside each. "Make it private" changes them all and remembers what they were.
Who can use your camera.
See which apps can use your camera, microphone and location, when they last did, and switch them off. See the moment an app starts listening.
A quieter internet.
Ad and tracker blocking in your browsers, or the whole computer, and a heads-up when a new app starts using the internet.
Starts faster.
See what starts with your computer and switch it off, without uninstalling anything.
Know your battery.
Health, charge history and what's draining it. Set a charge limit where your laptop supports it.
Tidy and quick.
End a stuck app, remove apps properly with their leftovers, and clear old downloads, duplicates and temporary files safely.
No admin needed for everyday use. Anything that needs a password says so before you click. Every change goes into History and can be undone.
Good to know
- Windows
- Windows 10 or 11. Per-app camera and microphone switches are for Store apps; Windows gives desktop apps one shared switch per permission. Battery charge limit isn't in Ctrl One on Windows.
- Linux
- Linux Mint and Ubuntu. Per-app switches are for Flatpak and Snap apps; regular apps are listed as full access. Turning the camera off for every app lasts until you restart or plug it in again, and asks for your password. Text size in the quick panel works on Cinnamon and GNOME. Battery charge limit works where the laptop supports it.
- Ad blocking
- Browsers without admin; the whole computer asks for admin (Windows) or your password (Linux).
Be first to try Ctrl One.
Ctrl One is in testing on Windows and Linux. Join early access to get it before launch, at a fair, simple price.
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