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When setting up the XBox game app, and the XBox DVR game bar, I must have checked the box that Chrome is a game app.

How do I undo that?

Every time I open Chrome, the game bar pops up.

I don't want to select "don't show this again", because then it'll disable it for real game apps. I just want to remove Chrome from the list.

Thoughts?

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If you press Windows+G to go to the Game Bar, and open up Settings (the gear icon), you can uncheck "Remember this as a game", and it should make Windows not remember it as a game anymore.

Graphic representation showing the "Remember this as a game" being unchecked

Justine Krejcha
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In case you forgot which program is remembered as a game by the XBox Game Bar and wish to get rid of any of them, it is also possible to look up in Windows registry for stored programs.

A. Open Registry and Backup Branch

  1. Open Registry Editor (hit Win+R then type regedit)
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore
  3. Export key (only selected branch as gameconfigstore-backup.reg for instance)

B. Delete Remembered Child

  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore\Children
  2. Search for MatchedExeFullPath
  3. Ensure the matching value is one of the program you want the XBox Game Bar to forget (like ..\chrome.exe)
  4. Copy key string (by right-click and Rename) (e.g. abcd1234-1234-1234-1234-abcd1234abcd)
  5. Delete key

C. Delete Remembered Parent

  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore\Parent
  2. Search for copied key at B.4.
  3. Delete key

If you skip B.4. and C. the XBox Game Bar won't be able to remember the program as a game again (and finding out which parent doesn't have a proper child could be a rather critical task thereafter).

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