How to Change Your Windows 10 Lock Screen Background

How to Change Your Windows 10 Lock Screen Background

The Windows 10 Lock Screen on a blue background

Tired of seeing backgrounds provided by Microsoft on your Windows 10 lock screen? With a trip to Settings, you can choose a custom background image or even set up a custom slideshow from a group of images. Here’s how to set it up.

First, open “Settings” by clicking the “Start” button and selecting the small gear. Or you can press Windows+i on your keyboard.

In the Windows 10 Start Menu, click the "gear" icon to open Settings.

In “Settings,” select “Personalization.”

In Windows 10 Settings, click "Personalization."

In “Personalization,” select “Lock screen” from the sidebar.

In Windows Personalization settings, click "Lock screen" in the sidebar.

In Lock screen settings, locate the drop-down menu labeled “Background,” which is just below the lock screen preview image. Click the menu, and you’ll see three options. Here’s what they do.

  • Windows spotlight: Shows an image provided by Microsoft through the Internet. You’ll see a new image every day.
  • Picture: Select your own background image for the lock screen.
  • Slideshow: Provide your own folder of images to use as a slideshow on the lock screen.

In Windows 10 Lock screen settings, click the "Background" drop-down menu and make a choice.

The default option is “Windows Spotlight,” which pulls new Microsoft-provided photographic images from the Internet. If you’d like to use your own image, select “Picture” from the menu, then click “Browse” to select an image you’d like to use.

Tip: If you’d like to use a “blank” screen as your lock screen background, create an image with a solid color and browse for it when “Picture” is selected from the menu.

After selecting "Picture," you can browse fror a custom image to use as a lock screen background.

If you’d rather have a custom slideshow of images, select “Slideshow” from the drop-down menu. Next, choose an album of photos to use as the source of images. Windows will cycle through them on the lock screen, changing them every few seconds. You can pick your “Pictures” folder or click “Add a folder” to add a custom group of images to use.

After selecting "Slideshow," you can add a folder of images to use as a lock screen slideshow.

When “Slideshow” is selected, you can also change slideshow options by clicking “Advanced slideshow settings” just below the “Choose albums” area. Once you choose, it, you can change options such as “Only use pictures that fit my screen” and whether the slideshow uses Camera Roll folders from your OneDrive.

The Windows 10 advanced slideshow settings

When you have everything configured how you’d like, exit “Settings,” and the changes will take effect immediately. You can press Windows+L on your keyboard to quickly bring up the lock screen and check. Have fun customizing Windows!

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