How to disable efficiency mode in task manager? Windows efficiency mode is making apps like Google Chrome unusable.

Anonymous
2023-03-29T15:51:03+00:00

![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/e8c660f6-34c2-4550-a3a6-0c856ae2def3?platform=QnASince yesterday (28 March) Google chrome is unusable. Task manager on my windows desktop  says that efficiency mode is active for several but not all sub-processes of google chrome and I believe that is the reason for the drop in performance.

I am able to disable efficiency mode for each individual sub-process, but *it returns a few minutes later. I cannot permanently disable it.*Simple actions such as changing a tab or moving the window causes it to freeze for several minutes. 

  • I have no recent or current updates to install. Everything is up to date.- There are no other demanding processes / apps running on my pc- I have tried altering Chrome's performance and memory settings. Nothing changed.- This problem is the same with Edge and some other applications.- Efficiency mode is greyed out for the entire application. Only certain sub-processes of chrome are in efficiency mode.

The only difference between yesterday and today, is that efficiency mode is active non-stop.

I do not want efficiency mode running at all for google chrome as it is the main browser I use for work and school.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T14:56:11+00:00

    I can confirm that this "feature" is present (on my desktop at least) for Chrome, Brave and Edge. I NEVER use Edge, but fired it up this morning in hopes I could get some work done. I use Brave exclusively, but started seeing this behavior yesterday. So doesn't appear to be an effort by Microsoft to pull folks to using its browser, but something else is at play.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-18T16:55:52+00:00

    Any fix for Firefox?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-12T09:57:29+00:00

    Once done, go ahead and right-click on the Google Chrome shortcut on your desktop.

    Click on the Properties option.

From the Target field, please type the following command after Chrome.exe.

--disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess
Next, click on the Apply button, then select OK.

You will be prompted to give permission, so click on Continue to confirm.

Go ahead and launch Chrome using the same shortcut.

Type chrome://version in the address bar then hit Enter.

Doing this will verify if the command line flag has been appended.

Finally, check to see if the Chrome web browser is performing better than before.

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