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title: "How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome"  
description: "In this article I am explaining to turn off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome."  
author: "Manoj Pandey"  
published: 2015-04-28  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1753/how-to-turn-off-hardware-acceleration-in-google-chrome  
category: "desktop/laptop"  
tags: ["desktop troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome

[Google](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1191/top-products-and-services-from-google) Chrome [supports](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12043/how-to-create-a-killer-mobile-app-that-supports-your-brand) GPU [hardware](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303100/best-pc-hardware-2023) acceleration, which means it doesn't need to rely solely on the CPU to [render](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13048/questions-that-render-a-helping-hand-for-hiring-dedicated-wordpress-developer) [web pages](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95530/how-do-i-fix-safari-not-loading-web-pages). "Hardware Acceleration" (GPU Rendering) is one of the newly introduced [features](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86404/best-5-rolls-royce-cars-to-buy-with-features-and-price) in Google Chrome and Thunderbird. It was introduced to increase performance but some chrome and Thunderbird users may want to [disable](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12901/how-to-disable-enable-input-box-in-aspx-with-value-from-sql) it as the text might not look well on their screens. Turn Off Hardware Acceleration to Improve [Video Quality](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94708/how-do-i-fix-netflix-video-quality-in-google-chrome).\

##### Some cases it’s create problem for us such as when we open chrome, its takes

##### much time etc. Here I am telling you to turn off Hardware Acceleration

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1. Open Google chrome

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2. Now click the icon with the three horizontal lines at the top-right of the

##### window. It says Customize and control Google Chrome when you hover over it.

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##### ![How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/a5a4d314-f1db-49a9-9608-090b0036763f/images/fedb3ce1-92dd-4843-a128-b29dcc839719.png)

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##### 3. Click the Settings option near the bottom of the menu.

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##### ![How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/a5a4d314-f1db-49a9-9608-090b0036763f/images/06790cf2-5647-445f-9067-7436a6256563.png)

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##### 4. Scroll to the bottom of this page and click the Show advanced settings link.

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##### ![How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/a5a4d314-f1db-49a9-9608-090b0036763f/images/c702f812-b2a4-4569-811a-8688bfece56d.png)

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##### 5. Now scroll to the bottom of the page again, then click the box to the left of

##### Use hardware acceleration when available to remove the check mark.

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##### ![How to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/a5a4d314-f1db-49a9-9608-090b0036763f/images/ca25ed80-f0ea-45d6-91fb-e200ee449ffc.png)\

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##### Close Chrome and then restart it for the changes to take effect.

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