Microsoft Spotlight is a tool that changes your Windows desktop and login screen background image by downloading the images from the internet. In this tutorial I will show you how to change to other background option for Windows desktop. In all background options except Windows spotlight there is no background shortcut Learn about this picture.
Windows 10
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Step 1: Right mouse button click on the empty area of Windows desktop and then left mouse button click on
Personalize
Step 2: Under the
Background left mouse button click on the Windows spotlight
Step 3: Now left mouse button click on the desired option and configure it
Windows 11
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Step 1: Right mouse button click on the empty area of Windows desktop and then left mouse button click on
Personalize
Step 2: In the
Personalization of the left menu, left mouse button click on the Background
Step 3: In the line of
Personalize your background left mouse button click on the Windows Spotlight
Step 4: Now left mouse button click on the desired option and configure it
(For this tutorial I used 64-bit Windows 10 Pro 22H2 and Windows 11 Pro 24H2)
Video version
(22.04.2025, 18:00 / 06:00 PM, timezone: CEST / UTC+2 / GMT+2)