How to disable Blur Background Login Screen on Windows 10
Starting with Windows 10’s May 2019 Update, the login screen uses the blurred “Fluent Design” transparency found on the taskbar, Start menu, and elsewhere.This removes all of the surrounding clutter and there appears a clean Logon Screen focused only to login-in task. Though, this is a nice characteristics by Microsoft, it doesn’t suit everyone.but if anyone want to disable Blur Background Login Screen on Windows 10 there are many ways.
If you disable the lock screen, Windows 10 forward to the login screen rather, bypassing it. With the latest update, the background image has turned out to be mutilated to the point of being unrecognizable due to the “Acrylic”- style transparency effect used throughout Windows. Depending on what version of Windows 10 you have, check out these methods will disable Blur Background Login Screen on Windows 10.
Methods to disable Blur Background Login Screen
1. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Settings
2. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Group Policy
3. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Registry
1. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Settings
The easiest and safest process to disable the acrylic material effect in the Sign-in screen background is to use the Settings app, with these steps:
Open Settings.
Click on Personalization.
Click on Colors.
Turn off the Transparency effects toggle switch.
Once you complete these steps, the Sign-in screen will show a clear background like in previous versions. The only caveat to using this option is that you’ll also lose the transparency effects across the desktop and apps.
2. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Group Policy
If you’re running Windows 10 Pro (or Enterprise), you can disable the acrylic material effect from the Sign-in screen using the Local Group Policy Editor.
Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.
Type gpedit.msc and click OK to open the Local Group Policy Editor.
Browse the following path:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon
On the right side, double-click the Show clear logon background policy.
Select the Enabled option.
Click the Apply button.
Click the OK button.
After completing the steps, the Sign-in background will show a clear background without disabling the transparency effects across the desktop and apps.
If you change your mind, you can rollback the previous settings using the same instructions, but on step No. 5, select the Not Configured option for the policy.
3. How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Registry
If you’re running Windows 10 Home, you won’t have access to the Local Group Policy Editor, but you can still disable the translucent effect on the Sign-in screen using the Registry.
Warning: This is a friendly reminder that editing the Registry is risky, and it can cause irreversible damage to your installation if you don’t do it correctly. We recommend making a full backup of your PC before proceeding.
Open Start.
Search for regedit, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option to open the Registry.
Browse the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Quick Tip: On Windows 10, you can now copy and paste the path in the Registry’s address bar to quickly jump to the key destination.
Right-click the Windows (folder) key, select New, and click on Key.
Name the key System and press Enter.
Right-click the newly created key, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name the key DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon and press Enter.
Double-click the newly created DWORD and set the value from 0 to 1.
Click the OK button.
Once you complete the steps, you should be able to lock your device, and when trying to sign-in you should now see a clear background.
You can always revert the changes using the same instructions outlined above, but on step No. 8, make sure to change the value for the DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon DWORD from 1 to 0.
The first one is the easiest one How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Settings, however it does remove the Blurred effect across all apps. The two other methods are How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Group Policy and How to disable Blur Background Login Screen using Registry.Although, these two ways are a little bit complex in nature, it won’t let the acrylic effect fade away on all apps and Desktop. Let’s follow above all three methods to disable Blur Background Login screen on Windows 10 PC.
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