Instructions on how to rotate laptop and macbook screens in the most detailed way

Many times when using the computer, you accidentally press the wrong shortcut key causing the computer to rotate in a different direction, or you want to rotate the computer screen to read ebooks or documents easily. Rotating the screen in Windows or Macbook is usually quite simple, but sometimes you may encounter difficulties because the manufacturer installs some other settings. In the article below, TipsMake will guide you how to rotate the computer screen on Windows and Macbook extremely quickly and simply. Let's take a look.

What are the benefits of rotating laptop screen?

- The laptop screen can be rotated according to your preferences. 
- You can freely use the laptop screen vertically or horizontally, easily and appropriately for work.
- You can adjust the laptop screen to default, and fix errors when they occur.

How to rotate laptop screen win 10, 7

Rotate screen using NVIDIA Control Panel

Note: This method is only suitable for PCs with NVIDIA graphics with NVIDIA drivers installed.

Step 1: Right-click on the Desktop screen > click on NVIDIA Control Panel.
Step 2: Click on Rotate display in Display in the left control panel > If multiple screens appear, select the screen you want to rotate > Select the following screen rotation options:

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Landscape: default screen is horizontal 

Portrait: the screen rotates 90 degrees to the right and the right edge of the screen will be the bottom.

Landscape (flipped): The screen is flipped upside down, the top edge becomes the bottom of the screen.

Portrait (flipped): The screen rotates 90 degrees to the left and the left edge of the screen will be the bottom.
Click Apply. 

Step 3: The screen will then rotate to the direction you selected above and you have 20 seconds to click Yes or No before Windows returns to the previous display orientation.

Rotate screen with shortcut key

In addition, to rotate the laptop screen , you can use shortcut keys. However, this method can only be used on computers with Intel graphics cards, while NVIDIA or AMD will not support shortcut keys for this function.

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Press Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Rotate the screen to standard landscape orientation
Press Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Rotate the screen upside down
Press Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow: Rotate the screen 90 degrees to the left.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow: Rotate the screen 90 degrees to the right.

Rotate the screen using Display Settings

Step 1: Right-click on the Desktop screen > Select Display settings.
Step 2: In the Display orientation section, rotate to the direction you want.
Step 3: Click Keep change to save the changes you want or click Revert to return to the beginning.

How to rotate computer screen on Macbook

Open System Preferences (or click the Apple icon in the top left of your screen and select 'System Preferences…' from the menu). Select Displays, it's the first option in the second row.

Under Displays, there is a rotation option called Rotation, which is Standard by default. Change the option to 90 degrees to rotate your screen clockwise by a quarter of a screen, or you can choose 180 degrees or 270 degrees depending on your needs.

(Note that if two windows appear on the screen, the rotation will appear at this point: one window for each screen. You can rotate each window separately if you want.)

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How to rotate your MacBook's built-in display

MacBooks don't typically offer a built-in screen rotation option. Another way to rotate your screen is to hold down the Alt + Cmd key combination while opening System Preferences > Displays, then select the new Rotation setting that appears that will automatically rotate your MacBook screen.

However, you need to consider carefully because while rotating the screen on a Macbook if you do it this way it may leave some serious problems later.

Conclude

Above is a guide on how to rotate your computer screen and Macbook. Hopefully it will support you in your work, study and entertainment. You can use one of the above methods as you like, after reading this article you will not have to worry about your laptop or Macbook screen being rotated anymore.

Rotating the screen also has some other very convenient effects that you can try if you want. Wish you have interesting experiences with your laptop, avoid difficult situations when using the computer. For any questions, you can contact us via hotline: 19001903 for the most detailed answers.

Lesley Montoya

Update 16 January 2025