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How to Turn Hardware Acceleration Off or On in Google Chrome

Mitch BartlettJanuary 6, 2019 Comments (3)
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Turn Hardware Acceleration Mode on or off for Google Chrome with these options.

Option 1 – Chrome Settings

  1. Launch Chrome, then select “Menu”  > “Settings“.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select the “Advanced” option.
  3. Scroll to the “System” section and toggle “Use hardware acceleration when available” on or off as desired.
    Chrome Hardware Acceleration Setting

Option 2 – Via Registry (Windows)

  1. Hold down the Windows Key and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
  2. Type “regedit“, then press “Enter” to bring up the Registry Editor.
  3. Navigate to:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Google \ Chrome \
    Note: You may have to create the “Google” and “Chrome” folders.
  4. Right-click “Chrome” and select “New” > “DWORD 32-bit value“
  5. Give the value a name of “HardwareAccelerationModeEnabled“.
  6. Set the value data to “0” to disable Hardware Acceleration. Set it to “1” to enable it.

You may have to restart the computer for this setting to take effect.


Option 3 – Terminal Command (MacOS)

  1. Close Chrome.
  2. From the Finder, select “Go” > “Utilities“.
  3. Launch “Terminal“.
  4. Type the following command, then press “Enter“:
    defaults write com.google.chrome HardwareAccelerationModeEnabled -integer n
    Where n is 1 or 0. 1 will enable Hardware Acceleration. 0 will disabled it.

Once you restart your computer after these steps, Hardware Acceleration settings will be changed.

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Author Mitch Bartlett

My name is Mitch Bartlett. I've been working in technology for over 20 years in a wide range of tech jobs from Tech Support to Software Testing. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful reference for all.

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Comments

  1. Cleiton da Silva says:
    March 23, 2022 at 11:34 pm

    Have you ever been told that you are a genius today? Thank you very much

  2. Charles Karefa-Smart says:
    July 10, 2020 at 7:32 am

    Yes, Gave it insight that has made all of it relevant.

  3. strongrad says:
    February 20, 2019 at 11:23 am

    I remote desktop quite a bit. To get Chrome to recognize Clear Type it appears that I have to toggle the hardware acceleration. it really does not matter whethter it is on or off. I just have to switch it each time I remote from a new computer. It would be great if there is a command line or other way to simply toggle the state.

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