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Home»Software»5 Ways to Disable NVIDIA Overlay

5 Ways to Disable NVIDIA Overlay

Deep ShresthaBy Deep ShresthaFebruary 23, 2023
How to Disable NVIDIA Overlay

NVIDIA Overlay is a handy feature that lets you capture or record your screen and display current performance—including the FPS. The default key to display the NVIDIA overlay is the Alt + Z key. However, the overlay may still pop up even when you press other combination that includes the Alt and Z key.

Moreover, the NVIDIA overlay can cause significant lag on a low-end system, especially when the device is performing an intensive task. So disabling it would be the best course of action. To disable it, you simply need to disable overlay in GeForce Experience Application. However, there are several other ways to disable the overlay. 

Table of Contents

  • Disable Overlay in GeForce Experience
  • Remove NVIDIA Background Process
  • Stop NVIDIA Services
  • Change GeForce Hotkeys
  • Uninstall GeForce Experience

Disable Overlay in GeForce Experience

Let us first start with the straightforward method. Since the overlay is enabled by default, GeForce also gives you the ability to disable it. However, this setting is not available on older versions of GeForce Experience.

So, make sure that you update to the latest version of Geforce Experience.

  1. Once you have the latest version of GeForce Experience, open it.
  2. Click on the Settings. If you cannot find settings, look for a gear icon on the top-right of the GeForce window.
    open settings nvidia overlay disable
  3. Go to General Tab.
  4. Now, on the right panel, disable In-Game Overlay.
    disable overlay nvidia geforce experience
  5. Close GeForce Experience and press the default shortcut key for the overlay to see if it pops up.

Remove NVIDIA Background Process

Even if you don’t have GeForce Experience running in the background, the application will have several processes that run behind the scene. Some of these are NVIDIA Container, NVIDIA ShadowPlay Helper, NVIDIA share, NVIDIA Web Helper Service, and many more.

Among these services, NVIDIA ShadowPlay Helper handles the keyboard request that enables NVIDIA GeForce Experience Overlay. You need to remove this process in the background to disable the NVIDIA overlay.

  1. Open the Task Manager by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys simultaneously.
  2. Head to the Processes tab.
  3. Scroll down and click on NVIDIA ShadowPlay Helper under Background Processes.
    disable shadowplay helper nvidia geforce experience
  4. Select End task.
  5. Press the shortcut key to check if it displays the NVIDIA overlay.

Stop NVIDIA Services

Besides background processes, Windows also runs several NVIDIA services. By default, these services automatically launch as soon as you launch GeForce Experience. Once the service runs, it will start the background processes.

NVIDIA Localsystem Container handles the GeForce Overlay among other display tasks. Try Disabling LocalSystem Container Service to see if it disables NVIDIA overlay.

  1. Open Run by pressing the Windows + R key simultaneously.
  2. Type in services.msc and press Enter.
    services geforce overlay disable
  3. Scroll down and double-click on NVIDIA Local System Container.
    nvidia localsystem container disable
  4. Here, set the Startup type to Disabled.
  5. Click on Stop if the Service Status indicates Running.
  6. Click on Apply, and then OK.
    disable startup type and status geforce overlay disable
  7. Restart your PC and check if the hotkey enables the NVIDIA ShadowPlay overlay

Change GeForce Hotkeys

You can also change the hotkey that activates the NVIDIA overlay from GeForce Experience. Set the hotkey that enables the overlay to a combination of keys. When setting the key combination, make sure that the key combination that you set does not perform any other functionalities in your system

  1. Open Geforce Experience and open its Settings.
    open settings nvidia overlay disable
  2. Ensure that you are in the General tab
  3. Under In-game Overlay, click on Settings.
    overlay settings disable hotkeys geforce experience
  4. Open Keyboard shortcuts.
    open keyboard shortcut geforce experience
  5. Select the shortcut key corresponding to the Open/close share overlay.
    change hotkeys geforce experience
  6. Set a desired shortcut key combination.

Uninstall GeForce Experience

If none of the solutions mentioned above work, you can try uninstalling the entire GeForce Experience application. Uninstalling the application removes all its app data and features related to GeForce Experience. This includes the overlay and any screen capture abilities that it offers.

  1. Open Run by pressing the Windows and R key.
  2. Type appwiz.cpl and press Enter.
    add or remove prograps geforce experience overlay
  3. Scroll down and select GeForce Experience.
  4. Click on Uninstall.
    uninstall geforce experience overlay
  5. Now, follow the uninstall process to completely remove GeForce Experience from your computer.
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Deep Shrestha works as a computer hardware writer at TechNewsToday with several hardware and programming certifications. Although he has been writing technical content for more than a year, his interest in hardware components started at a very young age ever since he heard about PC building. Pursuing his passion, he has assembled several desktop computers. Besides building desktop PCs, Deep also has hands-on experience fixing software and hardware issues on laptops and desktop computers. Using all this knowledge and skills about computer hardware, he's on a quest to make content that's easy to read and understand for everyone. You can contact him at deep@technewstoday.com

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