How to Disable Efficiency Mode in Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers on Windows 11.

If Efficiency Mode is causing your web browser to freeze or respond slowly, this tutorial will guide you to disable it permanently.

As of Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft introduced the Efficiency Mode feature that reduces power and CPU consumption in certain applications such as Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers.

However, some users have reported that the efficiency mode dramatically reduces the speed and performance of their web browser and cause it to freeze or hang.

In this tutorial you’ll find instructions on how to turn off the Efficiency Mode on Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers in Windows 11.

1. Turn Off Efficiency Mode in Google Chrome.
2. Turn Off Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Edge.
3. Turn Off Efficiency Mode in Mozilla Firefox.

How Disable Chrome Efficiency Mode.

To disable the Efficiency Mode in Google Chrome:

1. Close Chrome.

2. Then, press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager.

3. In Task Manager, right-click on Chrome and choose End Task.

3. Now, right-click on Google Chrome shortcut and click Properties.

4. In the Target field, at the end (after Chrome.exe”), type a space and then copy paste the following command:*

• –disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess

* Note: The “Target filed should look like this after typing the above command:

• “C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe” –disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess

5. When done, click OK and then click Continue to provide administrator permission to change the setting.

6. That’s it! Now open Chrome from its modified shortcut and you will see that Chrome will now run with efficiency mode disabled.*

* Note: To re-enable efficiency mode in Google Chrome, follow the same steps above and simply delete the command you added in the “Target” field of the Chrome shortcut.

How to Disable Edge Efficiency Mode.

To turn off the Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Edge:

1. Close Microsoft Edge and then press  CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager.

2. In Task Manager, right-click on Chrome and choose End Task.

3. Now, right-click on Microsoft Edge shortcut and click Properties.

5. In the Target field, after msedge.exe”, type a space and then copy and paste the following command:*

• –disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess

* Note: The “Target filed should look like this after typing the above command:

• “C:Program Files (x86)MicrosoftEdgeApplicationmsedge.exe” –disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess

6. When done, click OK and then click Continue to apply the change with administrator permissions.

7. Now open Microsoft Edge from its modified shortcut to run it with efficiency mode disabled.*

* Note: To re-enable efficiency mode in Microsoft Edge, simply delete the command you added to the ‘Target’ field of the Edge shortcut.

How to Disable Firefox Efficiency Mode.

To turn off the Efficiency Mode in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox, type “about:config” in the address bar and hit Enter.

2. Click Accept the Risk and Continue.

3. In the Search bar, copy-paste the following:

• dom.ipc.processPriorityManager.backgroundUsesEcoQoS

4. Then click once on the

 icon to set the “ProcessPriorityManager” value from “true” to “false” to disable the Efficiency Mode.*

• true: Efficiency mode = Enabled
• false: Efficiency mode = Disabled

5. Then restart Firefox to apply the change. *

* Note: To re-enable the efficiency mode in Firefox, perform the above steps to set the “ProcessPriorityManager” from “false” to “true” and restart your browser.

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