The AMD Radeon Overlay is generally useful if you need to track specific statistics or rely on it to record your gameplay. However, one of the most annoying aspects of the software is the automatic “Press Alt + R for Overlay” pop-up whenever you launch a game. Here’s what you can do to disable Radeon overlay hotkey and game without interruptions.
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Accessing the AMD Radeon Software
In general, AMD Radeon will automatically start up whenever you power up your PC, provided you’ve been keeping up to date with new driver versions. You’ll need to open the AMD dashboard to get to the advanced settings. There are a few ways you can do this.
Option 1: Click to expand the toolbar icons in the bottom-left corner, as the AMD Radeon icon is typically tucked away. Then, click on AMD Radeon Software’s icon from the options.
Option 2: Right-click on any empty space on your desktop, and you should get a right-click context menu that has graphics settings available. Select “AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition” or “AMD Radeon Software” from the options.
Option 3: You can manually search for AMD Radeon software in the Windows search bar if none of the above solutions work.
Method 1 – Disable Radeon Overlay Hotkey Popup
Technically, you can either disable the entire overlay or just the pop-up that prompts you how to access it. If you do the latter, you should still be able to access the overlay. Somewhat unintuitively, Radeon has named this option “toast notification.”
Step 1. In the AMD Radeon window, click on the search box and type in “toast.”
Step 2. When you hit “Enter,” you should get a single result, a toggle titled “Toast Notifications.”
Step 3. Switch off the toggle and close AMD Radeon.
That’s pretty much it. You won’t get prompted to turn on the overlay or be notified as to which parts of the monitoring system are currently running whenever you launch a game.
Method 2 – Disable Radeon Overlay Hotkey by Removing Hotkeys
If you want to unbind the “Alt + R” hotkey from the overlay so it can be used for something else, you’ll need to go to hotkey settings.
Step 1. Click on the cog wheel in the top right corner of the AMD Radeon Software window.
Step 2. Go to “Hotkeys.”
Step 3. In the “Open Sidebar” option, click on the hotkey and enter a new keyboard shortcut to open the overlay. If you want to completely remove the shortcut, hit “Delete” instead of entering a new shortcut.
Alternatively, you can toggle “Use Hotkeys” off entirely if you don’t want to use any of the 20 or so hotkeys that AMD Radeon has.
Method 3 – Disable Radeon Overlay Entirely
The last option is to completely remove the AMD Radeon overlay. While this means you won’t be able to access advanced performance metrics (if you haven’t used them so far), chances are you might not even need them.
Step 1. Open “Settings” (via the cog wheel on the top-right).
Step 2. Go to “Preferences.”
Step 3. Toggle “In-Game Overlay” to “OFF.”
And that’s pretty much it. The overlay won’t show up, and you won’t get a notification for it.
