How do I disable, no, globally disable the F'n WebView2?

paul cerkez 0 Reputation points
2026-09-01T12:57:39.4733333+00:00

Every time Webview2 goes into "efficiency mode" (which I can shut off only sometimes in Task manager, depending on the particular app in question), my only option is to close the application and restart it. This greatly hampers productivity. It seems to be worse when Edge starts but happens quite often in Teams, Outlook, and Excel. My external keyboard stops accepting anything, while the mouse continues to work. After 2 days of troubleshooting, I found that if I type on the laptop's (MS Surface) keyboard, it comes out of "efficiency mode" and my external keyboard starts working again until it goes back into efficiency mode. I have also had this happen regularly on my two desktop software development computers where in my only option is close the application and restart it.

Webview2 has to be one of the worst "add-ons" I have ever seen come out of MS. (It just locked up again as I was typing this! Mouse worked fine, keyboard dead.)

Get rid of Webview2 or fix it. Give me the option to disable it if I can't remove it. I hate it. This all appears to have started within the last 2 weeks.

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  1. Scott Nguyen 1,965 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-09-01T16:50:53.3133333+00:00

    Hello Paul,

    This issue maybe related to Windows Power Throttling affecting WebView2 or other background processes. First I would recommend disable the Power Throttlin

    Open regedit as Administrator and navigate to:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling

    Inside it, create a DWORD (32-bit) Value named PowerThrottlingOff and set its value to 1 so we could turn off the Power Throttling.

    You can also check your USB devices in Device Manager. Under USB controllers, open the relevant USB Root Hub/USB Hub properties and, where the Power Management tab is available, disabling Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.

    After rebooting, test whether the keyboard/input issue still occurs then let me know.

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