Who doesn’t love animations?

They make everything look so cool.

Fortunately, there’s a very simple way to disable all those animations.

Laptop on the Windows 11 settings screen coming out of a toggle button.

Keep reading to find out how it’s done.

But we’re going the other way, disabling the animations completely.

Right click it, and click Properties.

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Click “Advanced System parameters”.

Click “controls” under the performance section.

Uncheck the first option, i.e.

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“Animate controls and elements inside windows”, and press OK. Now press the windows key and switch to the start screen.

It feels fast, doesn’t it?

So if you want this fade animation removed, uncheck the second option as well, i.e.

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“Animate windows when maximizing minimizing and maximizing”.

So you’re left with a chunky and not-so-smooth Windows 8.

No more fading menus or windows, no animations at all.

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A few animations are good, but not too much.

After all, it’s your choice!

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