How to Stop Google Chrome from Sneaking a Windows 11 Check?

Table of Contents

Is Google Chrome Quietly Checking Your PC for Windows 11? Here’s How to Block It Fast
How to Stop Chrome from Checking Your PC
Solution 1: Change the Chrome Shortcut
Solution 2: Turn Off Chrome’s Anonymous Data Sharing
Extra Tips

Is Google Chrome Quietly Checking Your PC for Windows 11? Here’s How to Block It Fast

Chrome, after July 4, 2025, checks if your Windows 10 computer can run Windows 11. This check runs only once, but it collects details about your hardware. Google uses this to see how many people can upgrade, not to push you to do it. Still, it means Chrome looks at your system’s parts.

What Chrome Checks:

Type and brand of your computer’s processor (CPU)
How much memory (RAM) you have
How much free space is left on your hard drive
If Secure Boot is turned on
If your computer has TPM 2.0

If your PC meets all the requirements, Chrome saves a note inside itself. It calls this note “IsWin11UpgradeEligible.” The note says “yes” or “no.” This information gets sent to Google along with other data Chrome collects.

How to Stop Chrome from Checking Your PC

You can stop Chrome from looking at your computer’s details. There are two easy ways. You can change the shortcut you use to open Chrome, or you can turn off the data Chrome sends to Google.

Solution 1: Change the Chrome Shortcut

You can tell Chrome not to check your computer by adding a special command to its shortcut.

Find the Chrome shortcut on your desktop. Right-click it. Click “Properties.”
In the box called “Target,” you’ll see something like this:
```
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
```
At the end of this line, add a space and then type:
```
--disable-features=IsWin11UpgradeEligible
```

Now it should look like:

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=IsWin11UpgradeEligible

Click “Apply.” Click “OK.”
Use this shortcut to open Chrome. Chrome will not check your computer for Windows 11.

Note: This only works with shortcuts on your desktop or the Chrome program file, not with pinned shortcuts on the taskbar.

Solution 2: Turn Off Chrome’s Anonymous Data Sharing

Chrome shares some data with Google to help improve the browser. This includes the Windows 11 check. You can stop Chrome from sending this data.

If you’re installing Chrome for the first time

When you download Chrome, uncheck the box that says “Help make Google Chrome better.” This stops Chrome from sending data right from the start.

If Chrome is already installed

Turning off data sharing from inside Chrome might not work well, because Chrome could send data before you turn it off. Instead, you can use the Windows Registry.

Search for “Registry Editor” in the Windows search bar. Open it.
Go to this place:
```
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies
```
Right-click “Policies.” Click “New” > “Key.” Name it Google.
Right-click Google. Click “New” > “Key.” Name it Chrome.
Click on Chrome. In the right panel, right-click and pick “New” > “DWORD (32-bit) Value.”
Name it MetricsReportingEnabled.
Double-click it. Set its value to 0.
Close the Registry Editor.

Now, Chrome will not send data about your PC’s Windows 11 compatibility to Google. If you turn data sharing back on later, Chrome might send the saved information.

Extra Tips

You can trick Chrome by changing your computer’s settings, but this is not recommended.
The only way to stop Chrome from checking forever is to upgrade to Windows 11, even on a computer that’s not officially supported.

Taking these steps gives you more control over your privacy and lets you decide what information your browser shares.