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You can choose your desktop background or change the accent color for Start, the taskbar, and other items. Any time you want to, you can go to Settings to customize what displays for you.

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

  • In Personalize your 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?.

    Shows the Background options, with "Personalize your background" near the top, next to a list you can expand for options.

  • 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 indicate where you want to see the color show up. Or scroll up to Choose your mode and you can see whether your accent color looks better in a Dark or Light mode.

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 Start symbolSettings > 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?.

    Desktop background personalization settings

  • In Colors, you can let Windows pull an accent color from your background, or choose your own color adventure.
    Accent colors in personalization settings
    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.
    Dark mode personalization settings
    The above screen shows the Dark setting.

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