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Animations add eye candy to the clean and modern design experience that Windows 10 provides. Unfortunately, they negatively affect some people and devices. People who need to remain focused on a task or people with certain mental/visual disabilities may be negatively affected by animations. Additionally, they slow down devices with lower system specs. Luckily, Windows 10 makes it easy to turn off all animations at a flick of a switch (Method 1), but you can also choose to disable specific animations (Method 2).
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1Open the Settings app . Press the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen and select the settings gear. [1] X Research source [2] X Research source [3] X Research source
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2Navigate to the Ease of Access category. [7] X Research source Turning off animations is considered to be an "Ease of Access/accessibility" setting because it helps some people focus better.
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3Select the Other options tab from the left pane. This section is basically a miscellaneous collection of accessibility settings that do not belong in any of the other "Ease of Access" subcategories.
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4Toggle the slider under "Play animations in Windows" to "Off". This will disable all animations. [8] X Research source [9] X Research source The toggle switch should turn white and a black dot should be in the left side of it. [10] X Research source This setting is located under the "Visual options" header at the top of the page. [11] X Research source
- To re-enable animations, simply slide the slider to "On" (right).
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Open the Control Panel . You can launch it through the search feature by typing control panel and hitting ↵ Enter or selecting the matching result. [12] X Research source [13] X Research source
- As Microsoft is trying to migrate away from the Control Panel, settings are being moved and added to the Settings app. [14] X Research source [15] X Research source [16] X Research source [17] X Research source Many settings including advanced ones are still present in the Control Panel, [18] X Research source [19] X Research source such as the ability to specify which animations you see.
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2Click or tap the " System and Security " header. [20] X Research source [21] X Research source Do not select the links below the header as they will take you to a completely different page.
- If Control Panel is configured to use the icons view, choose the icon labelled as "System" [22] X Research source and skip to step #4.
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3Select the " System " header to open the System Properties page. [23] X Research source [24] X Research source You can also select " View amount of RAM and processor speed " [25] X Research source [26] X Research source or " See the name of this computer " [27] X Research source from below the header. Both links will take you to the same destination.
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5Go to the Performance Settings. Press the Settings... button under the "Performance" section of the window. The button is located under the Advanced tab of the System Properties window.
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6Select the settings you want. It will be under the Visual Effects tab, which the window opens to by default.
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customize which animations (and visual effects) you want to see. Click the radio button next to "Custom:". Right below, uncheck the boxes of effects that you would like to disable, and put a check in the boxes of the ones you would like to enable.
- Animation options are the sentences that start with the following words: animate, fade, and slide.
- To enable all animations (and visual effects), click the radio button next to "Adjust for best appearance". Note that this might reduce performance on low-power devices.
- For the best performance, click the radio button next to "Adjust for best performance". All animations (and visual effects) will be turned off.
- To balance performance and appearance, click the radio button night to "Let Windows choose what's best for my computer". Windows will automatically enable or disable specific settings to balance good performance and appearance.
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customize which animations (and visual effects) you want to see. Click the radio button next to "Custom:". Right below, uncheck the boxes of effects that you would like to disable, and put a check in the boxes of the ones you would like to enable.
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7Save your changes and exit. Click or tap the gray OK button at the bottom of the Performance Options window to save your new settings and close it. The new settings you chose will apply immediately.
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- You can also use the search feature to directly open the windows mentioned in the steps.
- Method 1: Simply look for animations or turn windows and choose "Turn Windows animations on or off" from the results.
- Method 2: Type appearance , adjust , or performance and select "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows" to directly open the Control Panel "Performance Options" (Visual Effects) settings window.
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