How to fix small font size in menus and google chrome after the last update...

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How to fix small font size in menus and google chrome after the last update...

Jonathan L 0

I had a very difficult time after the last update with very small fonts in the menus on browsers (mostly Chrome) and file explorer. I looked around and did not find a satisfactory answer.

I think the key is to go into the Windows SETTINGS--> ACCESSIBILITY--> TEXT SIZE

There is a slider for text size--> keep pushing it to the right to the desired size. This will fix file explorer immediately, but you may have to reboot chrome before the changes kick in, but it worked.

This may be more of a problem on laptops where you may have opted to reduce the scale under SYSTEM--> DISPLAY--> SCALE at some point, to get more screen real estate when using the smaller screen of a laptop. You could just increase the scale here, but it will then increase the size of every icon and app. My laptop defaulted to 200% which crowded out the screen too much, so I reduced it to 150% when I first used the laptop. No problems, though, until the last windows update when all the tab fonts seemed to shrink way too small.

Hope this helps

Fuzzy Squirrels Nuts fuzzy 5 Reputation points

2026-10-23T02:30:30.56+00:00

Nothing works, it changes some fonts on websites, but no the font used in google search or any of that, makes the Google search window bigger but the fucking font stays the same. fix this fucking shit.

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Fuzzy Squirrels Nuts fuzzy 5 Reputation points

2026-10-23T02:30:30.56+00:00

Nothing works, it changes some fonts on websites, but no the font used in google search or any of that, makes the Google search window bigger but the fucking font stays the same. fix this fucking shit.

Answer 1

Dear Jonathan L,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A.

Our diagnosis of the problem is spot on. The issue often comes from the interaction between two settings:

Scale (Display Settings): Found under Settings > System > Display > Scale. This zooms in on everything—icons, text, windows—like a magnifying glass. Laptops with high-resolution screens often default to a high scaling percentage (like 200%) to make things readable. When you lowered it to 150% to get more screen space, you made everything, including the base font size, smaller.
Text Size (Accessibility Settings): This setting specifically targets the size of the text in system menus, apps, and browsers, without changing the size of icons or application windows.

The ideal way to fix this issue, especially when you only want to change the font size and not the size of everything else, is through the Accessibility settings.

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Text size.
Drag the slider to the right until the sample text looks comfortable for you.
Click Apply.

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Answer 2

I struggled for two months on this issue. Tried everything from Regedit, stopping Adobe, Creating off line user profiles on widnows etc. After trying lots of permutations (different display, different PC on same display, different graphics card etc), it ws evident one of the software was in conflict and overriding windows settings - suspects were Windows Updates, Adobe CC and Intel.

The issue in my case (DIY PC, Win11/64) came out to be the Intel Graphics Software. Once uninstalled, log out and back in. It reset to all normal scaling! I have informed Intel, perhaps they will do something about it.

Note: Windows may reinstall this driver. Check Windows Updates > Optional Updates. You may find the Intel Driver waiting there to install. If it solved the issue, I would check all optional updates before installing en masse.

Hope that helps.