How to Fix Screen Flickering in Windows 11

Apr. 16, 2024

Screen flickering is often an annoying issue that leaves users frustrated. If you are facing screen flickering on your new or oldWindows 11machine, you have come to the right place. We have explained the primary causes for screen flickering issues in Windows machines, alongside some useful solutions to help you fix screen flickering in Windows 11.

What Causes Screen Flickering in Windows 11?

Screen flickering mostly occurs due to outdated graphics drivers and incompatible apps. However, in rare cases, it could also be due to hardware issues. We have detailed the possible causes for screen flickering on your Windows 11 PC along with their fixes in this guide.

If it is not due to a hardware failure, you can fix the screen flickering with some easy troubleshooting measures. It includes disconnecting cables and reconnecting them, restarting the machine, and changing the screen refresh rate. Read on till the end for all possible ways to fix screen flickering in Windows 11.

It’s important to get the basics right before moving to more complex troubleshooting measures. The easiest way to fix screen flickering in Windows 11 is to check if you have properly connected the display cable to your monitor.Image Courtesy: Shutterstock

You could try unplugging the monitor from your PC and connecting it back again. If you are using a laptop, make sure the hinge is not broken or damaged, as it is one potential cause for screen flickering.

Another potential fix for the screen flickering issue is to disable the animation effects on your Windows 11 PC. Check the steps to turn off animation effects in Windows 11 below:

Users report that disabling hardware acceleration helps to fix the screen flickering issue. Here’s how to disable hardware acceleration in Google Chrome. You cancheck this guidefor instructions to disable hardware acceleration on Edge and Firefox.

If none of the solutions above helped you fix the problem, you could try the classic troubleshooting method — updating drivers. In this case, you should update the display and graphics driversto fix the screen flickering issue. Here’s how you can update your graphics drivers on Windows 11.

The steps above highlight the standard method for updating graphics drivers. For drivers specific to popular OEMs like HP, Dell, Asus, and more, feel free to check our detailed guide onupdating drivers on Windows.

There’s a chance that a recently installed incompatible app is causing the screen flickering issue on your Windows 11 PC. We suggest you try uninstalling apps you installed just before the flickering issue started to stop it. Here’s how to uninstall apps on Windows 11:

Sometimes the high refresh rate of your monitor is too much for your potato PC and this lack of power shows when the screen flickers or goes black frequently. To solve this, you might want to dial down the refresh rate.

And these were a few nifty methods you can try out to fix screen flickering on Windows 11. We hope this guide helped you get rid of annoying screen flickering issues on your Windows 11 PC.

For how long have you been using Windows and how has your experience been so far with any kind of issues? Let us know in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.