Windows 10 ships with many animation effects that give users a more attractive and user-friendly feel, such as fading effects when you maximize/minimize a window or open/close a menu.
These animations cost system resources, and your PC runs slower. However, Microsoft has provided options to disable these fancy visual effects such as windows and taskbar animations, box and mouse shadows, aero peek, etc. These visual effects are enabled by default on Windows 10, and they dominate a part of the system resources causing your device to run slower and impacting battery life, especially on older machines.
Suppose you have installed Windows 10 on an old computer or don’t have the proper hardware and want to take full advantage of the system resources. In that case, you should consider turning off visual animations to improve performance and speed up Windows 10.
In this gearupwindows article, we will guide you on turning off visual animations in Windows 10 to boost performance. You can use the Settings app, Control Panel, or System Properties to disable visual animations.
How to Turn off Visual Animations through Windows 10 Settings App?
To disable visual animations using Windows 10 Settings app, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open Settings.
To do that, you can use the
Step 2. Then, click on
Step 3. Next, select the
Step 4. On the right pane, scroll down to the “Simplify and personalize Windows” section and turn Off the toggle switch
How to Disable Visual Animations using Control Panel?
To turn off visual animations in Windows 10 through Control Panel, use these steps:-
Step 1. First, open Control Panel.
Step 2. Then, click on
Step 3. Next, click on the
Step 4. Now, scroll down to the “Explore all settings” section and click on the “Make the computer easier to see” option.
Step 5. In the following screen, check the checkbox “Turn off all unnecessary animations (when possible).”
Step 6. Click the
Step 7. Click the
How to Turn off Visual Animations using System Properties?
To disable visual animations on Windows 10 through System Properties, use these steps:-
Step 1. Press the
Step 2. Then, type
Step 3. After that, switch to the
Step 4. Click on the
Step 5. Switch to the
Step 6. Click the
Step 7. Click the
Step 6. Click the
One you complete the above steps, Windows 10 will disable all the effects and animations.