How to Download Themes for Windows 10

This updated guide examines How to Download Themes for Windows 10 and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Method 1of 2:

Via the Microsoft Store

1. Open the Personalization settings. Right-click an empty spot on the desktop. and selectPersonalize.
2. SelectThemesfrom the sidebar.
3. Follow the link to download more themes from the Microsoft Store. Select the "Get more themes in the Store" link right under the "Apply a theme" header.
4. Scroll the list and click on a theme. Searching for themes in the Microsoft Store is currently not supported.
5. Download the theme to your device. To do this, click the blueGetbutton.
   • If you want, you can read the description and look at the screenshots.
6. Wait for the theme file to be downloaded to your device. While it's downloading, press| |to pause the download, andXto cancel it.
7. Press theApplybutton.
8. Click the newly-installed theme to apply it to your device. You will be taken to the Themes page in the Settings app to do this.

Method 2of 2:

Via the Online Theme Gallery

1. Open theDesktop Themes page. Open your web browser and visithttps://support.microsoft.com/help/13768/desktop-themes-featured.
2. Browse the selection and look for a theme. The page you will be taken to is the Featured themes section. You can browse through different types of themes by clicking through the different links running down the left-hand side of the page (such as Animals, Art, Games).
3. Download a theme. Once you find a theme that you are interested in downloading, click the blue "Download" link below the listing.
4. Choose where to save it, if prompted.
5. Apply the new theme. Once the download finishes, open the file. Click a button named Open/Run or the file's name.
   • Theme didn't apply? Go to where it was downloaded (if you weren't prompted to save it, check your downloads folder). Double click on the name of the theme to apply it. Note that the file extension is.themepack)