How to Enable or Disable Animation Effects in Windows 11?

How to turn on or turn off animations in Windows 11? Windows 11 comes with many visual changes, and out of those, one is animation effects that might slow down your PC performance. By turning off this feature, you can slightly boost your PC performance. Although animation effects make Windows 11 desktop look great, you have to sacrifice some performance. By enabling this feature, you might notice a slight delay in some activities and actions.

Windows 11 includes animation and fading effects for eye candy but makes your PC feel sluggish by adding a slight delay to specific actions. If you are using older computers or have fewer GiGs of RAM or a slow processor, turning off animations might help gear up the performance and speed of your PC. If you need performance on a slow PC, then you have to sacrifice animations.

How to Allow or Disallow Animations in Windows 11?

To enable or disable animation effects on Windows 11, you need to perform the following steps:-

Step 1. Press Windows + I keys altogether from your keyboard to open the Settings app.

Alternatively, click on the Windows icon on the taskbar or press the Windows key from the keyboard and then click on the Settings gear icon.

Step 2. When the Settings window opens, select the Accessibility category from the left side, and then click on the Visual effects tab on the right-hand side of it.

Step 3. Now, turn the toggle switch off or on next to the Animation effects, depends upon your needs.

If you turn off the animations effects, you will enjoy a snappier Windows experience. Those Windows users who love animation effects may keep this setting turned on.

It’s pretty easy. Let me know if you use the animation feature on Windows 11.

If you want better performance on your PC, we recommend turning off Transparency Effects on your Windows 11 PC.