How to remove animations on a Google Pixel (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Accessibility › Colour and motion

Real screenshots

4 of 4 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Colour and motion

   Open Settings and tap Accessibility. Under Display, tap Colour and motion: Dark theme, colour correction, remove animations.

   Done

2. 

   Find Remove animations

   Remove animations is below Reduce blur effects: Reduce movement on the screen. It was off on ours.

   Done

3. 

   Turn it on

   Tap the Remove animations switch, or the row itself. On ours tapping the title turned it on directly, with no extra page. The switch then shows a tick.

   Done

4. 

   Turn it off again

   Tap it again to bring the animations back. We put ours back to off.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Called Color and motion? Google's help spells it Color and motion. The page on our Pixel 10a said Colour and motion, as in the pictures above. Source: Change text and display settings
• On a Xiaomi phone? Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide puts Remove animations on the Vision tab of Accessibility, under Display. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

If this does not work

• Screen still feels busy? Reduce blur effects, just above, makes backgrounds and panels easier to see. It was off on ours; turn it on as well.
• Blinking cursor distracting? Text cursor blinking, below Remove animations, sets the blinking speed or turns blinking off. The page says it may not work in all apps or websites. Reset is under the slider.
• Colours hard to tell apart? Colour correction is at the top of the same page: how to use colour correction and greyscale. Source: Change text and display settings

About this guide

Remove animations turns off the movement effects on the screen. Google says turning off animations can help you focus.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005), in Dark mode. We turned it on for the picture and off again.

Good to know

Dark theme, on the same page, was on on ours: how to use expanded dark theme.

For bigger text, see how to change text and display size.

In short: Settings, Accessibility, Colour and motion, Remove animations on. Tap again to turn it off.