Windows 11 ships with six themes: Windows (light), Windows (dark), Glow, Captured Motion, Sunrise, and Flow. While Windows light and dark themes include only one wallpaper, other themes include four wallpapers each.
Windows Light Theme is used by default in Home and Pro editions. Windows Dark Theme, when enabled, applies dark mode throughout the operating system.
A Windows theme or theme pack usually includes one or more wallpapers and an accent color, but it can also include sound schemes and icons.
If you don’t like the default theme or default wallpaper of Windows 11, you can easily choose one of the offered themes from the Settings app. You can also install new themes from the Store.
In Windows 11, there are several ways to change a theme. You can change the theme through Settings, File Explorer or the classic Control Panel.
Below are the three ways to change themes in Windows 11.
Method 1 of 3
Change Windows 11 theme through Settings app
Step 1: The right button of the mouse in an empty place on the desktop area and click Personalize to open Settings > Personalization page.
Step 2: On the right side, click Topics.
Step 3: the Personalization > Topics The page displays all installed themes and allows you to install themes from the Store.
Step 4: To apply a theme, all you need to do is click on it.
Method 2 of 3
Another way to change Windows 11 theme through Settings
Step 1: Make a the right button of the mouse on the desktop and click Personalize.
Step 2: the Settings > Personalization The page displays a list of six topics at the top of the page, as you can see in the image below. Click on one of the themes to apply it.
Note that the Settings > Personalization The page does not show all installed themes. Instead, it shows only the six most recently used themes. To see all installed themes, see the instructions in Method 1.
Method 3 of 3
Change Windows 11 theme via Control Panel
The Classic Personalization window is no longer accessible from the Control Panel. However, there is a way to access it and change the theme through the Personalization panel. Here is how.
Step 1: Open the Run dialog box using Windows + R hotkey.
Step 2: At Opened , copy and paste the following shell command and hit the Enter key to open the classic customization panel:
shell ::: {ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Step 3: Here, to apply a theme, click on a theme. That is all!
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