How to Customize Your Windows 11 Lock Screen

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Clone of Introduction

In this guide, you will learn How to Customize Your Windows 11 Lock Screen.

2. How to Customize

Windows 11 Lock Screen

You access the settings for your Windows 11 lock screen under Settings > Personalization > Lock screen. Click the drop-down box for Personalize your lock screen and choose Windows spotlight, Picture, or Slideshow. 

If you opt for a picture, you can select one of the built-in images or choose your own. If you go the slideshow route, remove any folders you don’t want and then add a folder with images you want to appear in the show.

With a slideshow, click Advanced slideshow settings and enable or disable the various options. Click the box next to Include the Camera Roll folders from your PC and from OneDrive to add photos synced from your smartphone. 

You can avoid images that won’t look good on the screen if you turn on the switch Only use pictures that fit my screen.

Display the lock screen when your PC is inactive by flipping the switch When my PC is inactive, show the lock screen instead of turning off the screen. Click the drop-down box for Turn off-screen after the slideshow has played to determine if the slideshow should stop at a certain point. This can be set to 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 3 hours.

Click the drop-down box for Lock screen status and select the app for which you want to see details, choosing among 3D Viewer, Weather, Mail, Calendar, and more.

If you're happy with your lock-screen image, keep the same one for your sign-in screen by turning on the option for Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen. You can also access timeout and screen saver settings from this page.

Click Screen timeout (or head to Settings > System > Power & battery) to change screen and sleep settings. Select Screen and sleep, then choose the drop-down boxes below to determine if and when your PC should turn off the screen and go to sleep. 

On a laptop, these options appear for both battery power and AC. Windows lets you choose any interval from one minute to five hours, or Never. 

You can control your screen saver by clicking the Screen saver settings link on the Lock screen settings page. The small window that appears lets you change your screen saver and set how long before it turns on.

Check the box next to On resume, display the logon screen if you want to be taken directly to the login screen when the screen turns back on. These settings apply to all screens, not just the lock screen.

After you’ve configured the lock screen, you’ll want to check it out. Click the Start menu, select your profile icon, and click the entry for Lock. Click the lock screen to get back into Windows.