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To disable hardware acceleration, open
Microsoft Edge
>
Settings
>
System
and turn off the
“Use graphics acceleration when available”
toggle switch. - You can turn on the toggle switch to re-enable the feature at any time.
On
Windows 11
(and 10), Microsoft Edge comes with hardware acceleration, a feature that enables the browser to access the graphics card on the computer to speed up specific tasks and improve the overall user experience. However, depending on your computer configuration, hardware acceleration can negatively affect the experience by preventing visual elements from displaying correctly.
If you get menus and dialog boxes not rendering correctly, a green screen appears when playing a video on
Microsoft Edge
, or there are rendering issues on a virtual machine, disabling hardware acceleration can resolve the problem.
In this
guide
, I will teach you the steps to disable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge on
Windows 10
or 11. (If you use Google Chrome, you can
disable access to the graphics card
with these instructions.)
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Disable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge
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Enable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge
Disable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge
To disable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge, use these steps:
Open
Microsoft Edge
.
Click the
Settings and More
(three-dotted) button on the top-right corner.
Click on
Settings
.
Click on
System
.
Turn off the
“Use graphics acceleration when available”
toggle switch under the “System” section to disable hardware acceleration.
Click the
Restart
button.
Once you complete the steps, menus and visual elements should render correctly on Microsoft Edge.
Enable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge
To enable hardware acceleration on Microsoft Edge, use these steps:
Open
Microsoft Edge
.
Click the
Settings and More
(three-dotted) button on the top-right corner.
Click on
Settings
.
Click on
System
.
Turn on the
“Use graphics acceleration when available”
toggle switch under the “System” section to enable hardware acceleration.
Click the
Restart
button.
After you complete the steps, the browser will offload some processes to the graphics card instead of using the processor exclusively.