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How To Change Desktop Background In Windows 10

There are lot of Windows 10 users who are very keen and quite conscious about their desktop background. Some people want to show their personal pictures, some want nostalgic family pictures, some want childhood pictures, some want pictures with motivational quote, some want their brand logo, some want nature pictures, some want flat solid color etc.
Windows 10 by considering the interest of all type of people provides you 3 options for your desktop background i.e Picture Background, Solid Color Background & Slideshow Background. It is up to you which option you choose.
Well if you choose Solid Color your computer will perform faster & consume less battery as compare to other 2 options. Picture background is slightly better than Slideshow background in terms of performance.
Now you must be thinking which Windows 10 Background option you should choose? Well we will suggest you to choose Solid Background if you are a software developer, web developer, YouTuber, Graphic Designer, Blogger etc, because you have to open lot of software and browsers, so Solid Background will not put any pressure on your computer.
If you are a general user and does not play heavy games on your computer you can set Picture Wallpaper or Slideshow Background.
In this tutorial we will guide to step-by-step to how to change the desktop background in Windows 10 step-by-step:
- Right-Click in your desktop.
- Click Personalize.
- Click the Background drop-down list.
- First option is Picture.
- You can choose from default pictures as well.
- In order to set picture from computer, click Browser and choose your picture.
- In “Choose a fit” select an option for your wallpaper picture like whether it should be set in center or stretched to full-screen etc.
- You can choose a background color from Color Table as well. It will be visible when you set you wallpaper picture in center.
- Minimize the Settings and preview your changes on desktop.
- The second option is “Solid Color”.
- Choose Solid Color option from Background drop-down list.
- Choose the background color from the Color Table.
- Minimize the Settings and preview your changes on desktop.
- The third option is “Slideshow”.
- Choose the Slideshow from Background drop-down list.
- Click Browse to choose the folder where your pictures are.
- You can set the time like after how much time you want your background picture to be changed.
- You can turn on or off the Shuffle option. If you turn off the Shuffle, the Slideshow will show your pictures in sequence. If you enable Shuffle it will randomly show your pictures.
- You can “Choose a fit” whether your picture should be set in center or stretched to full-screen etc.
- You can pick a Background Color which will be visible if your Slideshow pictures are set in center.
- Minimize the Settings and preview your changes on desktop.
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