Get free Windows themes from Microsoft to personalize background, colors and sounds for your PC.

Select Start , then select Settings > Personalization > Themes. Choose from a default theme or select Get more themes from Microsoft Store if you want to download new themes with desktop backgrounds that feature cute critters, breathtaking landscapes, and other smile-inducing options. Get more themes in Microsoft Store.

Get new themes and desktop backgrounds in the Windows Settings app or in Microsoft Store.

You can choose your desktop background and change it at any time. Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Background. In the list next to Personalize your background, select Picture, Solid color, Slideshow, or Windows Spotlight (to see a new image from around the world every day).

Learn how to change your Windows desktop background (wallpaper) and accent color using personalization settings.

Learn how to personalize your Windows PC with themes, desktop backgrounds (wallpaper), and language packs.

Change your desktop background color. Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Colors, and then choose your own color, or let Windows pull an accent color from your background.

Desktop themes and wallpapers. Visualizations are colors, shapes, and patterns that move to the music in Windows Media Player Now Playing mode. Plug-ins or add-ons add functionality—such as audio effects or DVD capability—to Windows Media Player.

If users right-click a picture and then click Set as Desktop Background, they can change their desktop wallpaper even though you (the administrator) have enabled the Prevent changing wallpaper property in Group Policy.

Symptom. On a Windows 10 or Windows 11 device with a built-in display, when you connect an external monitor with a USB-C, DisplayPort, or HDMI connection, the wallpaper on the external monitor might not correctly fill the screen.