Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App
Nvidia is officially retiring its Control Panel after 20 years, transitioning to the Nvidia App for driver updates. While the Control Panel will remain available for download, it will no longer receive new features and will enter maintenance mode. The Nvidia App now encompasses all necessary features for optimizing GeForce GPUs, making the Control Panel largely redundant for most users.
- ▪The Nvidia Control Panel will no longer have new features added to it.
- ▪Future driver updates will not delete the control panel unless installed with a clean install method.
- ▪The Nvidia App has replaced the Control Panel for most functionalities, including driver-level tuning and game optimization.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 8 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Nvidia retires the classic GeForce Control Panel after 20 years — TechSpot
- ▪ After 20 years, Nvidia finally kills off its Control Panel app — XDA Developers
- ▪ Nvidia officially retires its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years, following the porting of all of its major features to the Nvidia app (Tom Warren/The Verge) — Techmeme
- ▪ Nvidia has retired its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years — The Verge
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PC Components GPUs Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App News By Aaron Klotz published 26 May 2026 The Nvidia Control Panel will no longer have features added to it, but it will still be available for download from the Microsoft Store. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nvidia) Share Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter After 20 years of service, Nvidia is officially retiring the Nvidia Control Panel for good and replacing it with the Nvidia App.
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