Gaming Enable or Disable Xbox Game Bar Animations in Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable show animations in Game Bar for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.

You can open the Game Bar to take control of all your favorite gaming activities while playing on your Windows device.

The Controller Bar is a view of the Game Bar that allows you to quickly access games and apps using any Xbox controller.

The Home Bar is the bar at the top of the Game Bar screen. Your favorites will appear on the Home Bar for quicker access to widgets. Open widgets will show underlined on the Home Bar.

The Show animations in Game Bar setting will enable or disable animations for the Game Bar, such as the animations that appear when opening and closing a widget.

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Here's How:

1 Open the Game Bar (:win:+G).

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon on the Home Bar, and click/tap on More settings in Settings. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on Personalization in More settings. (see screenshot below)

Game_Bar_Personalization.webp

4 Under Animation, turn on or off (default) Show animations in Game Bar for what you want. (see screenshot below)

5 Under Animation, turn on (default) or off Show animations in Game Bar Compact Mode for what you want.

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
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