how to fix the display settings on my browsers

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how to fix the display settings on my browsers

susam 20

when i open a browser my tabs always appear really big, I changed the display settings to recommended and turned the touch screen mode off and also changed the page zoom setting to %100 none of them worked and they become even bigger. I made a new user on my laptop to see if it makes any difference and the new user i made on this same laptop has the same display settings but they appear in a normal size, both users has the same setting like display size and resolution but the new users looks normal while on my main user everything appears bigger than it should be is there a way to reset all of my display settings on my main user account to its original sizes like when i started the windows for the first time?

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Levi Cornwell 255

Since the new user account looks normal on the same laptop, I’d focus on something in the original Windows profile rather than the display or resolution.

First check Settings > Accessibility > Text size and make sure the slider is at the default. Then check Settings > System > Display > Scale and confirm it is using the Recommended value.

If those are already the same, check the browser itself. For Edge/Chrome, press Ctrl + 0 to reset the page zoom to 100%.

If only the browser tabs and menus are still larger in your main account, I’d try resetting the browser settings/profile next. Since the second Windows account is normal, that would be a good way to narrow it down without changing system-wide display settings.

susam 20 Reputation points

2026-09-18T17:45:04.2+00:00

thank you i just had to change the text size to the smallest size %100 in my case, the browser looks normal now.

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susam 20 Reputation points

2026-09-18T17:45:04.2+00:00

thank you i just had to change the text size to the smallest size %100 in my case, the browser looks normal now.

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Rodrigo Queiroz 78,705 Independent Advisor

The issue is only happening on the browser?
Do other apps look normal?

susam 20 Reputation points

2026-09-10T14:05:54.65+00:00

When i set the scale to recommended the browsers looks huge meanwhile the taskbar looks normal in size when i make the scale smaller in display settings the browser looks normal but the interface looks too small its like the ratios don't match. ( I use edge, brave and librewolf as browser if its gonna be helpful)
Rodrigo Queiroz 78,705 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-09-11T16:13:26.9533333+00:00

Have you tried a mid value like 125%?

Answer 2

Rodrigo Queiroz 78,705 Independent Advisor

Hi, I'm Rodrigo and I will help you.
Check the Scale settings under Settings > System > Display, leave it as 100% or the recommended value

susam 20 Reputation points

2026-09-09T17:23:22.8666667+00:00

Thanks, I already tried that but it doesnt help the problem unfortunately, everything becomes too small if i do that and its impossible to read on a laptop.