After a year, You can still change Windows 10 Chrome Title bar from Gray to White

Beginning with version 67, Chrome browser started drawing title bar and caption buttons color on it’s on own instead of leaving the task to Windows 10, as a result, you can notice title bar color as gray instead of White in current Chrome 74. 

Chrome 74 removes Custom drawn Windows 10 titlebar flag

FYI, the “Custom-drawn Windows 10 Titlebar” flag that was available in the past to disable the change is no longer available in version 74, it has been removed, but still, you can make Chrome title bar area to what it looked before May 29, 2018 if you want, here is how.

Chrome 74 with white and gray titlebar in one pic

1. Right click on Chrome shortcut icon on the desktop

2. Select Properties

3. In Target field after Chrome.exe” add the below flag

--disable-features=Windows10CustomTitlebar

disablefeatures windows10 custom titlebar switch

4. Click “Continue” to provide administrator permission to the warning displayed on the screen.

Here is how the Target field should look like for 64-bit Chrome, after appending the switch "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" --disable-features=Windows10CustomTitlebar

5. Launch Chrome with the command-line switch, the browser title bar, and Window captions will be turned to Windows 7 style.

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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