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How to Enable or Disable Game Mode in Windows 10 - Micro Center
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Every Windows 10 PC features a function known as Game Mode. While game mode’s purpose is to assist with smoothness and optimization of game performance for Windows 10, if you are having issues it may be a conflict with these settings it changes automatically or perhaps enabling Game Mode may fix issues you are having with games on your PC.<p><br></p></p><p>Here is how to enable or disable game mode in Windows 10:</p><p>1) <strong>Right click</strong> on the <strong>Start button</strong>, typically found at the lower left corner of the screen, then click on <strong>Settings</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/bm/2ghjs8740yjn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/bm/2ghjs8740yjn.jpg" alt="2ghjs8740yjn.jpg"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p> 2) From the "Windows Settings" screen that appears, select the<strong> Gaming </strong>option<strong>.</strong></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/k7/88rwzajoohhc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/k7/88rwzajoohhc.png" alt="88rwzajoohhc.png"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>3) From the "Gaming Settings" screen, on the left side, click on <strong>Game Mode</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/r5/0gza8kb0nh94.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/r5/0gza8kb0nh94.png" alt="0gza8kb0nh94.png"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>4) Under "Game Mode" settings, there will be a slider to enable or disable Game Mode. Simply click on the slider and the setting will change between <strong>On </strong>and <strong>Off</strong>. There are no additional settings that would need to be changed for these settings to take place, any changes are done automatically by Windows.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031946/uploads/2JGQPLDB35CB/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031946/uploads/2JGQPLDB35CB/image.png" alt="image.png"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><br></p> </article> </main>