Setting Different Wallpapers

Windows 10 allows you to have a Dual Monitor setup or one with even more display, but it is still not easy to set a different wallpaper for each monitor. Today, India Techno Blog will provide you with a full guide to set dual monitor wallpapers.

Although Windows 10 has been improving its multi-monitor support with every release, if you have a dual-monitor setup or one with even more displays, the OS still doesn’t offer an easy way to pick a different wallpaper for each of your monitors.

However, you don’t need to resort to third-party tools because the option to set a different wallpaper is there, it’s just not obvious to find.

Quick Navigation :

• Method 1. Set Different Wallpaper for Each Monitor in Settings APP
• Method 2. Set Dual Monitor Wallpapers with the Windows File Explorer
• Method 3. Use a Third-Party Tool

Compared with Windows 8.1, setting dual monitor wallpapers is not so easy for many Windows 10 users because the settings menu is invisible. But here are still methods to set a different wallpaper for each monitor. You can set it in the Settings APP or using Windows File Explorer or a third-party tool. Now, let’s begin.

Method 1. Set Different Wallpaper for Each Monitor in Settings APP

How to set different wallpapers on dual monitors Windows 10? The first and simplest method to set different backgrounds on dual monitors Windows 10 is to use Settings App. Here’s how to do that:

Step 1. Right-click the Start button and select Settings app from the context menu.

Step 2. In the pop-up window, click on Personalize > Background one by one.

Tip: You can right-click any blank space on your desktop and select Personalize from the context menu to get the background settings window.

Step 3. Select Picture from the Background drop-down menu.

Step 4. Then click on the Browse button at the bottom to browse the location, choose a wallpaper that you want to set for dual monitor, and click Choose picture.

Step 5. Right-click the image and select the monitor that you want to set it as the background.

After you complete the above steps, you can repeat Step 5 and Step 6 to set different backgrounds on dual monitors Windows 10. In addition to using the Settings app, here is another way to set dual monitor wallpapers. Please keep going on.

Method 2. Set Dual Monitor Wallpapers with the Windows File Explorer

The first method may not be intuitive for you. Alternatively, you can set a different wallpaper for each monitor with Windows File Explorer. To do so, follow the steps below:

Step 1. Press Win + E keys to open the File Explorer window.

Step 2. Select multiple images by pressing Ctrl or Shift key, and then right-click on the image that you want to set as your primary monitor, while the images you want to use are still selected.

Step 3. Select Set as desktop background from the right-click context menu.

After that, Windows will set those images as your wallpapers. You can set dual monitor wallpapers, but this method has its shortcomings. You have no control over where the images on the non-primary monitors will be set.

Besides, those images will randomly rotate positions every 30 minutes if they are not the exact resolution of your monitor. So, you can consider using a third-party tool.

Method 3. Use a Third-Party Tool

If you want to set different wallpaper on each of your monitors and have a high degree of control over that, the above 2 options may not suitable for you. Here it is recommended that you use a free tool – John Background Switcher.

This tool provides various features to manage your wallpapers on dual monitors.