How Do You Fix the VALORANT Black Screen Problem?
To fix the VALORANT black screen, hold ALT and press ENTER to enter windowed mode, then set Display Mode to Windowed Fullscreen; if it persists, delete the Riot Client Private Setting file and log in…
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In brief
AI summaryAs of December 2021, one fix for the VALORANT black screen is to hold ALT and press ENTER, open Settings > Video Settings, set Display Mode to Windowed Fullscreen and click Apply.
A second VALORANT black screen fix is to type %appdata% in Windows search, open AppData > Local > Riot Games > Riot Client > Data and delete the Riot Client Private Setting file.
After deleting the Riot Client file in VALORANT, log in with a different account, then log out and return to your main account.
Contents2 sections
It has been nearly 1.5 years since we started playing VALORANT . But we players still experience the Black Screen problem. When we log in to VALORANT, whether or not we press any key on the start screen, we can get the Black Screen error. Today we will try to share two different ways to fix this error, and we hope they work for you.
Fix With In-Game Settings
Our first solution is done by adjusting the settings in the game. First, after opening VALORANT, the moment it shows a black screen, we need to hold the "ALT" key and press "ENTER". This puts VALORANT in windowed mode. After that, we go to "SETTINGS" in the game and open "VIDEO SETTINGS." In this section we set "Display Mode" to Windowed Fullscreen and click "APPLY." By doing this we solve the problem and also greatly reduce the chance of it happening again.
Fix With Game Files in Windows
In this solution, first type "%appdata%" into the Windows search on the desktop. In the folder window that appears, click "AppData". Then open the "LOCAL", "RIOTGAMES" and "RIOT CLIENT" folders in that order. Then, when you open the "DATA" folder inside the "RIOT CLIENT" folder, delete the "Riot Client Private Setting" file inside it. After deleting the file, when we log in with a different account, the problem is gone. After logging in to a different account, you can log out of that account and log in to your main account. We wish everyone enjoyable and error-free games...
