Instructions for changing computer wallpaper for Windows

The way to change is extremely simple, just a few steps and you will have a computer wallpaper in your own style. Let's learn how to change the wallpaper for your computer with the Network Administrator in this article.

Change desktop wallpaper on Windows 11

Change the background image with the Background options in Settings

To change your Windows 11 desktop wallpaper, first right-click on an empty area of ​​your desktop and select ' Personalize ' in the context menu that appears.

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You will immediately be taken to the ' Personalization ' section in the Windows Settings application. Here, click on ' Background '.

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Next, find the ' Personalize Your Background ' option. In the drop-down menu next to it, you can choose one of three options:

1. Picture : Select an image or photo (image file) to use as desktop wallpaper.
2. Solid : Choose a uniform color scheme for the desktop screen.
3. Slideshow : Select a folder of images to use as wallpaper. Images will be rotated and changed automatically over time.

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It should be noted that the ' Picture ' option will only apply to the currently active desktop. If you are using multiple desktops through the virtual desktop feature in Windows 11, you will have to set different wallpapers for each virtual desktop.

In contrast, the ' Solid ' and ' Slideshow ' options can be applied to all your virtual desktops at once.

Choose a photo as desktop wallpaper

If you select 'Picture' in the ' Personalize Your Background ' menu, there will be two main options. You can choose from a group of ' Recent Images ' by clicking the thumbnail or click ' Browse Folders ' and select the image you want to use.

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In the ' Choose a fit for your desktop image ' drop-down menu , select the option that suits you best.

1. Fill : Stretch or compress the image to fit the width of your screen while keeping the appropriate aspect ratio.
2. Fit : Stretch or compress the image to fit the height of the screen, while maintaining the appropriate aspect ratio.
3. Stretch : Stretch or compress an image to fit the size of the screen without preserving the image's original proportions.
4. Tile : Repeats the image as a tile from left to right, starting from the upper left corner until it fills the entire desktop space.
5. Center : The image is centered on the screen at its original size and ratio.
6. Span : Display an image on multiple desktop screens, stretching them.

Choose a uniform color scheme as your desktop background

If you select the ' Solid Color ' option , you can use a specific color scheme as your desktop background color.

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Note that this ' Solid Color ' option will apply to all your virtual desktops at once (if any).

Set slideshow background image

If you select the ' Slideshow ' option , you will see options that allow you to browse a folder containing a collection of images to set as your desktop wallpaper in the form of 'slideshow'.

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After selecting a folder, you can set how often the pictures change using the ' Change Picture Every ' drop-down menu.

There are also some other methods, readers can refer to: Instructions for changing computer wallpaper for Windows 11.

Change wallpaper with dedicated application

There are many wallpaper-changing desktop apps for Windows 11 that you can use to customize your interface. Some of those apps let you choose a variety of wallpapers to change your desktop background in their window. Other options automatically change your desktop wallpaper based on a specific source, such as Bing or Unsplash.

Below are some software packages that help you change your computer wallpaper:

The Bing search engine can make great desktop wallpapers, as it allows you to set the search engine's wallpaper as your own. If you want to know more, check out TipsMake's guide on how to set a Bing background image as your Windows wallpaper.

Why use the default Windows 11 wallpaper when you can add something much more interesting to your desktop? There are many web sources where you can download visually appealing wallpapers. It's simple to change desktop wallpaper in Windows 11 with all the above methods. Choose any method you like to change your desktop background.

Change computer wallpaper for Windows 10

To change the wallpaper for your Windows 10 computer, follow these steps:

Step 1:

First, we right-click on the desktop > select Personalize . Or you can press Windows + I to go to Settings then access Personalize.

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Step 2:

Next select Background on Windows 10 > Select Picture > Click Browse to go to the image you need to make your Windows 10 computer wallpaper > Select OK to set up and you're done.

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Step 2.1: Change wallpaper over time

Of course, you can also use multiple wallpapers at the same time, changing the wallpaper at certain intervals. The method is very simple, in the Background section instead of Picture you just need to select Slideshow. Then, click Browse to select the folder containing the wallpaper image and select the time to change the wallpaper.

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Step 2.2: Use a 3rd party application

On the internet there are many applications to help you change the Windows 10 wallpaper. A typical example of this is Microsoft's Bing Wallpaper application. This app will change your wallpaper daily with landscape photos taken around the world.

To install BingWallpaper, follow these steps:

2. Run BingWallpaper.exe
3. Click Install Now
4. Click Done
5. If prompted from your browser, add the extension
6. Explore the Bing Wallpapers app in the system tray

Additionally, you can also refer to Lively Wallpaper. This app can turn GIFs, videos, and HTML into Windows 10 wallpapers.

There are also some other ways to change the wallpaper for Windows 10. Refer to: How to change the Windows 10 computer wallpaper for more details.

Change computer wallpaper for Windows 7

To help you have more choices for changing the wallpaper, the first thing we should do is download your favorite, unique wallpaper sets to your computer so you can more easily choose.

Method 1: Set an image file as wallpaper

Step 1:

This way, we can easily apply to all versions of Windows. First, go to any image file, select the image you want to set as your computer's wallpaper, then right-click on the image you want to use to change the Desktop wallpaper and select the line as shown below. :

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Step 2:

After completing the operations, we return to the computer screen to see if the computer wallpaper has changed to the correct image we chose.

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Method 2: Change the wallpaper in automatic wallpaper change mode

These wallpapers are also very interesting, they can continuously change the computer wallpaper, we don't need to waste much time changing.

This change method only applies to Windows 7/8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, because these operating systems only have the function of automatically changing the wallpaper.

Step 1:

First we should right-click anywhere on the Desktop screen . Then select Personalize .

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Step 2:

Next in the Personalize window , select Desktop Background .

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Step 3:

Here we just need to click on Browser to select the folders containing the image files you want to set as wallpaper, the selected image files will be displayed directly on the Desktop Background .

Finally, just click Save Changes to save the changes.

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Return to the Desktop screen to see what we have done.

Change Windows 8, 8.1 computer wallpaper

How to do it in detail: Set the Desktop background image as the Start Screen background image on Windows 8.1

With the article on Network Administrator, we have just shown you how to change the image of your computer in many different ways. Hopefully the above article will be helpful to you, help you assert your own personality and make your computer unique and interesting.

Hope you are succesful.

Jessica Tanner

Update 03 June 2024