Display settings in Malwarebytes for Windows

The Displays settings in Malwarebytes for Windows allows you to change your theme and background as well as toggle your hardware acceleration on or off.

Change your Malwarebytes theme

These steps guide you on how to change the theme of your Malwarebytes application.

1. In your Malwarebytes dashboard, click the gear (  ) icon to navigate to Settings.
2. Click the Display tab.
3. In the Theme section, click the radio (  ) button that corresponds with your background preference. You have the following options as a theme:
   • Use system default: Malwarebytes adopts the same light or dark theme as your Windows operating system. Users on operating systems earlier than Windows 10 will not see this option.
   • Light: Malwarebytes displays using dark text and a lighter theme.
   • Dark: Malwarebytes displays using light text and a darker theme.

Change your Malwarebytes background

These steps guide you on how to change the background of your Malwarebytes application.

1. In your Malwarebytes dashboard, click the gear (  ) icon to navigate to Settings.
2. Click the Display tab.
3. In the Background section, click the radio (  ) button that corresponds with your background preference. You have the following options as a background:
   • Cityscape
   • Data web

Toggle hardware acceleration settings

Turning on your hardware acceleration settings can increase your device's display performance. Turn off hardware acceleration if you encounter text display issues. By default, hardware acceleration is off.

1. In the Malwarebytes dashboard, click the gear (  ) icon to navigate to Settings.
2. Click the Display tab.
3. Scroll down to the Hardware acceleration toggle.
4. Click the Hardware acceleration toggle to turn hardware acceleration on.
5. In the pop-up window, click Turn on and restart. Malwarebytes restarts to apply the changes. You can click the toggle again to turn hardware acceleration off.

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