Personalization on Windows 11

Personalization is entry 4 of 11 on the first screen of Settings in Windows 11, holding 10 options and 60 more on the screens they open, in the order the device shows them.

• Background
  • Picture
  • Solid color
  • Slideshow
  • Windows spotlight
• Colors
  • Light
  • Dark
  • Custom
  • Transparency effects
  • Show accent color on title bars and windows borders
  • Accent color
• Themes
  • Windows (light)
  • Windows (dark)
  • Glow
  • Sunrise
  • Browse themes
• Dynamic Lighting
  • Use Dynamic Lighting on my devices
  • Compatible apps in the foreground always control lighting
  • Effects
  • Match my Windows accent color
• Lock screen
  • Windows spotlight
  • Picture
  • Slideshow
  • Lock screen status
  • Show the lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen
• Start
  • More pins
  • Default
  • More recommendations
  • Show recently added apps
  • Show most used apps
  • Show recently opened items
  • Folders
• Taskbar
  • Search
  • Task view
  • Widgets
  • Chat
  • Pen menu
  • Touch keyboard
  • Virtual touchpad
  • Taskbar behaviors
• Fonts
  • Search box
  • Segoe UI Variable
  • Arial
  • Calibri
  • Times New Roman
  • Consolas
  • Download fonts for all languages
  • Adjust ClearType text
• Touch keyboard
  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large
  • Default
  • Dark
  • Colorful
  • Key background
• Device usage
  • Gaming
  • Family
  • Creativity
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Development

What changed in Personalization since Windows 10

67 new, 327 gone and 18 renamed on this screen and the ones inside it.

• New Background › Slideshow
• New Background › Windows spotlight
• New Colors › Show accent color on title bars and windows borders
• New Colors › Accent color
• New Themes › Browse themes
• New Dynamic Lighting
• New Dynamic Lighting › Use Dynamic Lighting on my devices
• New Dynamic Lighting › Compatible apps in the foreground always control lighting
• New Dynamic Lighting › Effects
• New Dynamic Lighting › Effects › Solid color
• New Dynamic Lighting › Effects › Breathing
• New Dynamic Lighting › Effects › Rainbow
• Gone Background › Background
• Gone Background › Background › Picture
• Gone Background › Background › Solid color
• Gone Background › Background › Slideshow
• Gone Background › Browse
• Gone Background › Choose a fit
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Fill
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Fit
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Stretch
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Tile
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Center
• Gone Background › Choose a fit › Span
• Renamed High contrast settings → Picture
• Renamed Sync your settings → Solid color
• Renamed High contrast settings → Light
• Renamed Title bars and window borders → Dark
• Renamed Choose your default app mode → Custom
• Renamed Desktop icon settings → Windows (light)
• Renamed High contrast settings → Windows (dark)
• Renamed Sync your settings → Glow
• Renamed Mouse cursor → Sunrise
• Renamed Screen timeout settings → Windows spotlight
• Renamed Screen saver settings → Picture
• Renamed Choose which folders appear on Start → More pins

Personalization on other systems

The same screen, as each system draws it.

Other sections of Windows 11