Fix Chrome shows black Screen when minimized or maximized

The issue once fixed has been revisited. When you launch latest Chrome browser and minimize it to the task bar you’ll see a black screen, same happens when you maximize Chrome from task bar. Are you facing the issue? You’re not alone, most are, here is how to fix this issue till Chromium team addresses it.

Fixing Chrome’ black screen that appears when you minimize or maximize

1. Click on Chrome menu, select Settings > Advanced> System,

2. Disable ‘Use hardware acceleration when available’

Firefox 55+ : How to disable Hardware Acceleration?

Disable hardware acceleration in Internet Explorer 

We know using GPU or the hardware acceleration when available, the browser performance can be increased and page content load faster, but to avoid black screen till Google fixes the issue you need to disable hardware acceleration in Chrome browser.

You can see few users reporting about the issue in this bug which was fixed in 2013. BTW, are you affected?

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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