How to disable visual effects to speed up Windows 11
You can disable visual effects to improve performance and make the system feel snappier, and in this guide, I’ll show you how.
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OnWindows 11, the system incorporates many visual effects to make the experience a little more user-friendly with animations, shadows, translucent effects, and smoother fonts. The only caveat is that they require additional resources, which can affect performance and make the system feel slower. However, you can turn off the system effects toboost performanceand make the experience feel snappier.
If your device isn’t powerful enough, or you want to squeeze every drop of performance, you can turn off visual effects in at least two ways. You can turn off only the animations (such as those for minimizing and maximizing windows) to make the experience feel more responsive. Or you can turn off all the visual effects to increase performance and speed up the navigation experience.
In thishow-to guide, I will walk you through the steps to disable the system’s visual effects to speed up the system and boost performance.
How to disable animation effects on Windows 11
You don’t have to disable all the effects to make the system feel faster and more responsive. You can simply disable the animation effects.
To disable the Windows 11 animation effects, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, opening, closing, minimizing, maximizing, and other animations will be disabled, making the desktop experience feel snappier and more responsive.
Enable animation effects
To enable the animation effects, use these steps:
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After you complete the steps, the animation effects will once again enable on Windows 11.
How to disable visual effects on Windows 11
If you want to boost performance, improve battery life, and make the experience feel faster, you can disable every visual effect available on Windows 11.
To disable all the visual effects through the Control Panel, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, animations for the controls and elements, minimizing and maximizing windows, and animations in the Taskbar will be disabled. This option will also turn off the fade and slide effects for menus and tooltips, shadow effects, translucent effects, clear type for fonts, and more.
Enable visual effects
To enable the Windows 11 visual effects, use these steps:
After you complete the steps, the visual effects will enable again on Windows 11.
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Mauro Huculak has been a Windows How-To Expert contributor for WindowsCentral.com for nearly a decade and has over 15 years of experience writing comprehensive guides. He also has an IT background and has achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, and CompTIA. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years.
