How to Access Nvidia Overlay with GeForce Experience (2020)

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Last Updated: May 1, 2025 Fact Checked

This wikiHow teaches you how to access the NVIDIA overlay using GeForce Experience.^{[1]
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How to Broadcast Your Gameplay

Launch your game and press Alt+Z. If the overlay doesn’t come up, open the GeForce Experience application, go to settings, open the “General” tab, and turn on “Share.”

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Since an overlay is intended to display on top of another full-screen program, you'll need to be running one in order to activate the overlay feature.
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Press and hold Alt+Z. If you don't see an overlay, you'll need to open the GeForce Experience application in the background and click the green Share button on the left side of Settings.^{[2]
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- You can download GeForce Experience from https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/geforce-experience/download/.
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You can click buttons in the options to take a screenshot, record video, and broadcast your game live to Twitch using the overlay in NVIDIA Share.^{[3]
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Update your drivers, close third-party apps, and repair your Visual C++ Suite if you're running into issues and can't use NVIDIA Overlay.^{[4]
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If you aren't sure if your computer can run Shadowplay or NVIDIA Share, launch GeForce Experience then click the My Rig tab and check the Shadowplay or NVIDIA Share tab.

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