Change desktop background and colors

You can choose a picture worthy of gracing your desktop background, or you can change the accent color for Start, the taskbar, and other items.

Select Start > Settings > Personalization . The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them.

• In Background, you can select a picture, a solid color, or a slideshow of pictures you create. Or you can choose Windows spotlight to see a new image from around the world every day.

  Note: If you can't select the Windows Spotlight option, your administrator may have disabled the feature—or you may not have gotten the update yet. This feature is being rolled out over a period of time. For more information, see When do I get the newest features for Microsoft 365?.

  

• In Colors, you can let Windows pull an accent color from your background, or choose your own color adventure.
  
  After you've selected an accent color, scroll down to decide where you want to see the color show up, and whether it looks better in a dark or light setting.
  
  The above screen shows the Dark setting.