How to Disable Snap Layouts in Windows 11 For Maximize Button

Snap layouts is one of the Windows 11 features that allows you to view and access multiple windows at once by splitting them on the screen. Meanwhile, if you’re someone who rarely uses this feature then why don’t you disable it. In the meantime, In this guide, you’ll learn how to disable Snap layouts in Windows 11 for maximizing button.

Snap Layouts

Snap Layouts make it easier to manage numerous windows at once. By hovering your mouse pointer above the maximize button in an active window in Windows 11, you may now select four standard Windows to snap layouts. Instead of four quadrants, you can snap three programs on top of each other on smaller PCs in portrait mode.

Snap Layout and Snap Groups carry Task Switching to the next level in Windows 11. This feature is controlled by a snap navigator, which allows you to travel to the tab of your choice with ease. It should also be mentioned that while using the snap option, the windows must be manually resized.

• Hover your cursor over the maximize button on a window to see the various snap layouts, then click on a zone to snap the window. The Windows key + Z keyboard shortcut can also be used to open the snap layouts flyout.
• Snap two or more app windows together on your screen to create a snap group. To swiftly go back, hover over one of these open apps on the Taskbar and click the snap group.

Disable Snap Layouts in Windows 11 for the Maximize Button

So, here are the steps to deactivate or disable snap layouts in Windows 11 from Settings:

• Press Windows key + I to open Settings.
• Select System from the left-hand side pane and then click Multitasking.

Multitasking

• Select Snap windows to expand the option.
• Here, simply uncheck the box next to Show snap layouts when I hover over windows’s maximize button.

uncheck the box next to Show snap layouts when I hover over windows’s maximize button

• You would no more see the snap windows fly out when hovering the cursor over the maximize button.

Disable Snap Windows

You won’t see the flyout when hovering the cursor over the maximize button if you disable Snap Layout. The Snap Windows feature, on the other hand, remains enabled, and you may accidentally snap windows while dragging them or using the Windows + arrow keys keyboard shortcut.

• Press Windows key + I to open Settings.
• Select System from the left-hand side pane and then click Multitasking.
• Now, click on the toggle next to Snap windows to disable the setting.

Disable Snap Windows

When you drag app windows to the edges or corners, there will no longer be an outline in the background that appears in the area where the program will snap.

That’s it. This is how you can disable snap layouts in Windows 11 for the maximize button via Settings. However, you can also disable it from Registry. 

Snap Layouts and Snap Windows are two of Windows 11’s user-friendly features that make multitasking a lot easier and more convenient. As a result, we urge that you check them out before completely disabling them.

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