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How to Access Visual Effects in Windows 11

You can turn on additional visual effects in Windows to make your operating system feel faster and more responsive. Turning on visual effects may impact the overall performance of your computer, so you may need to fine tune the settings to suit your preferences. Read below to learn how to access visual effects and what the different settings are.

How to access visual effects in Windows 11

1. Click on Start ⊞ and select Settings ⚙.

2. Click Accessibility.

3. Select Visual Effects.

4. Toggle your desired visual effects On or Off to suit your needs. You can see a description of each option below:

Always show scrollbars - Keeps the scrollbar permanently visible instead of appearing only when you hover the pointer over it.
Animation effects - Makes the Windows user experience smoother, but affects system performance.
Transparency effects - Turns various apps and components semi-transparent with an ‘Acrylic blur’ effect.
Dismiss scrollbars after this amount of time -This determines how long the scrollbar remains visible after hovering the pointer over the location if you have the Always show scrollbars option set to Off.

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