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)

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(22.04.2025, 18:00 / 06:00 PM, timezone: CEST / UTC+2 / GMT+2)