Instructions on how to split laptop screen in half on Windows 7, 10, super easy!

Does your job require you to constantly move back and forth between different tabs on your computer while working? This takes a lot of your time and can cause unfortunate mistakes? Don't worry, TipsMake will show you how to split your Win 7, Win 10 laptop screen in half very easily.

What does split laptop screen mean?

Splitting your laptop screen is the act of combining multiple windows and displaying them at the same time. 

The normal interface of the computer screen will only display one tab in a certain window, the other tabs will be temporarily hidden. If your work often requires synthesizing information between two different windows, it is quite inconvenient. Splitting the screen will help you save time and make it more convenient to switch between tabs. In addition, they also make the process of monitoring and updating information more convenient.

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Most ways to split your laptop screen into two will limit the visibility of all windows. However, you can customize the size to make it as suitable and easy to see as possible.

How to split laptop screen win 7, win 10 simply

To be able to split the laptop screen in half on Windows 7 and Windows 10, you need to enable the following necessary features:

Step 1: In the windows search box, select 'Setting'.

Step 2: After successfully opening 'Setting', select 'System'.

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Step 3: In the left menu bar, click on Multitasking and check if Snap windows is turned 'On' or not.
If Snap windows is turned 'On', it means your laptop is ready to activate the split screen feature. And vice versa, if Snap windows are still in 'Off' mode, switch them back to the original 'On' mode!

Method 1: How to split laptop screen win 7, win 10 with mouse

This is the fastest and most widely used way to split the Win 7 and Win 10 computer screen . You need to do the following 2 steps:

Step 1: Move the mouse to the corner of the window you are working on so that the mouse pointer changes to a 2-way arrow. Click and drag the screen you want to minimize to any corner of the computer. Stop when a frame with a size of half the screen appears on the screen.

Step 2: Then, on the blank screen side, you can open another window, drag and adjust the size of the window similarly. Thus, you have 2 halves of the screen displaying 2 different contents at the same time.

Method 2: Instructions on how to split 2 laptop screens using the Taskbar.

Splitting a laptop screen into two using the mouse will help you choose which tabs appear on the screen. However, the Taskbar is not like that. When you split a laptop screen in two using the Taskbar, it will automatically display all the windows that are currently open on the screen at the same time. 

Specifically, when your laptop has 4 tabs open, if you split the screen in half using the Taskbar, the laptop's main screen will automatically be divided into 4 equal parts and not arranged in order. If you want to customize the position, you have to move the mouse in the usual way.

Step 1: Right click on the taskbar → Select 'Show windows side by side'.

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Step 2: Then, if you want to return the screen to normal, right-click on the Taskbar → Undo show windows side by side.

This method can be combined with the method of dividing 2 laptop screens with the mouse to adjust the screen to be divided into different size areas more quickly. After activating windows side by side, you can optionally drag and drop windows and adjust their size as you like.

Method 3: How to split the laptop screen in half on Windows 7 using the simplest shortcut key combination

Step 1: Click on any window that you want to split the screen into.

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Step 2: Then, you perform Windows + left/right arrow key to drag the screen left or right. In addition, you can also use Windows + up/down arrow key to split the screen vertically (up, down).

This way of splitting laptop screen win 7 also works well on win 10 and 11.

Method 4: Open more than 2 windows at the same time with Corner Snap

If you are using a laptop with high resolution (2K, 4K) as well as a large screen size, Corner Snap will definitely be a convenient and attractive feature for you.

When using Corner Snap, you can easily drag and drop more than 2 windows to the 4 corners of the screen, then monitor and operate on 4 windows without having to open and reopen them inconveniently. You just need to use the mouse to drag the window to the corner of the screen and the computer will automatically align and divide it into 4 equal windows for you.

Instructions for splitting Macbook screen in half extremely simple

Currently, to be able to split the Macbook screen in half you need to use Split View. 

Split View is updated and widely used for macOS El Capitan 10.11 and later. The application allows users to manage 2 screens or 2 applications running in parallel at the same time. For a better experience, you can completely adjust the size of the 2 windows displayed on that screen. Below are the steps to use the Split View tool.

Step 1: Click on the green circle in the window you want to Split View!

Step 2: Then, the screen will show you 3 options. Enter Full Screen is the option to open the entire current window on the full screen. The next 2 options are to move the screen to the left and right. If you want to split the Macbook screen in half, choose 1 of those 2 options!

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Step 3: Just like how to split the laptop screen in half on Windows 7 , Windows 10, on Macbook, when a window is on the left or right side of the screen, other windows will appear in the remaining space. To open the screen you want to split in half, just click on that window, they will automatically appear half on the remaining part of the screen. 

Step 4: To customize the size of each window, you can click on the black strip separating the two windows to drag to the desired size.

Conclude:

Above are the extremely easy ways to split 2 laptop screens that TipsMake wants to send to you. If you encounter any difficulties during the implementation process, you can completely contact TipsMake for the earliest support and advice via hotline: 19001903!

Lesley Montoya

Update 16 January 2025