4 Ways to Fix Scaling and Zoom Issues in Google Chrome

Quick Tips

• Sometimes, you experience a zooming problem with Chrome because the scaling settings are misconfigured.
• Updating your Page Zoom Settings is also very effective in fixing the problem.
• You can use keyboard shortcuts to reset the zoom level: CTRL+ 0 (Windows) or Command + 0 (macOS).

Basic Fixes

• Update or reinstall Chrome: Updating Chrome is often an effective way to fix most major issues. If an update does not work, you may reinstall the browser.
• Reset Chrome: You should reset Chrome. This will take the configurations back to their defaults and may fix the zoom issues.

Fix 1: Update Page Zoom Settings

You may accidentally tweak zoom settings while loading a webpage in Google Chrome or pressing keys on the keyboard. You must set Chrome’s zoom settings to 100% level to match your computer’s best-suited resolution. Here’s how.

Step 1: Open Google Chrome and click the kebab (three vertical dots) menu at the top-right corner.

Step 2: Click the + or – icon beside Zoom and set it to your preferred levels.

If the default zoom is large or small, make changes from the Chrome Settings menu.

Step 1: Click the kebab (three-dot) menu at the top-right corner and open Settings.

Step 2: Select Appearance from the left sidebar.

Step 3: Expand the Page zoom menu and select a relevant zoom setting.

Fix 2: Tweak the Scaling Settings

If you have scaling problems across all installed apps, you must tweak system-wide scaling settings.

Step 1: Press Windows + I keys to open the Windows Settings menu.

Step 2: Select Display from the System menu.

Step 3: Expand the Scale menu and select a relevant option to change the size of text, apps, and other items.

Fix 3: Change High DPI Settings for Google Chrome

You can change high DPI settings for Google Chrome to fix scaling issues. Go through the steps below.

Step 1: Press the Windows key, type Google Chrome in the Windows Search, and press Enter to launch the browser.

Step 2: Right-click on Google Chrome from the search suggestion and select Open file location.

Step 3: It will open the Google Chrome file location in the File Explorer menu. Right-click on the Google Chrome icon and select Properties from the context menu.

Step 4: Select Compatibility at the top.

Step 5: Select Change high DPI settings.

Step 6: Enable Use this setting to fix scaling problems for this program and click OK.

You can restart Google Chrome and try loading web pages again.

Fix 4: Tweak Google Chrome Target Field

You can change the Google Chrome target field to fix scaling and zoom issues.

Step 1: Open Google Chrome properties from the File Explorer menu (check the steps above).

Step 2: Move to the Shortcut menu.

Step 3: Enter the path below at the end of the target field. It should look something like this.

 /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

Step 4: Click Apply and hit OK to save changes.

Note that the complete path after this tweak should look as shown below:

“C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe.” /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1