What causes screen flickering or blinking? (And how to fix it!)

It can be weird, annoying and unhealthy using your computer and suddenly notice there’s an element of the screen flickering or blinking. Intense or not, it’s challenging to how fast you’ll get your tasks done and your eyes. Fortunately, there are solutions to fixing the issue.

In Windows 10, the problem is usually caused by either of these two things:

• An incompatible app
• A display driver

In order to know for sure that the screen flickering issue is caused by an app or display driver, you need to check if your Task Manager also flickers.

This will determine whether you need to update the application, or update the display driver altogether. Here are four tried solutions to fix the screen flickering issue.

Here is how to fix it,

1. Check Task Manager to fix screen flickering
2. Update incompatible apps
3. Update display driver
4. Disable Windows Desktop Manager

If the flickering persists, your computer might need a screen replacement. Contact our computer repair experts for help.