How to set different wallpapers on each monitor in Windows 11
Set a different wallpaper on each monitor in Windows 11 through Settings > Personalization > Background: choose Picture, then assign each image to a monitor. Glassline puts a Wallpaper row for every display in Appearance, so you can choose both pictures from one Settings window.
Choose pictures in Windows
- Open Background. In Windows Settings, choose Personalization, then Background.
- Choose Picture. Under Personalize your background, select Picture. Use Browse photos to add the pictures you want.
- Assign each picture. Under Recent images, right-click a picture and choose Set for monitor 1. Repeat with another picture and Set for monitor 2.
The per-monitor picture menu is unavailable while multiple virtual desktops are in use.
Choose pictures in Glassline
Glassline keeps the controls for your displays together. Each display has its own Wallpaper row and Choose, so Settings can stay on the screen where you are working.
- Install Glassline from the Microsoft Store. Open it to bring up the menu bar and dock.
- Open Appearance. Right-click an empty part of the menu bar, choose Glassline Settings, then open Appearance. Find the Wallpaper rows for your displays.
- Identify your displays. Press Identify. Each screen briefly shows its name, matching the name used in Settings.
- Keep separate pictures enabled. Leave Span one picture across all displays off. Each display can then show its own picture.
- Choose the first wallpaper. Press Choose in that display's Wallpaper row and select your picture. Check that it appears on the screen you intended.
- Choose the next wallpaper. Press Choose in the other display's row and select a different picture. The first display keeps the picture you gave it.
For a clear check, try a blue coast on one screen and warm hills on the other. Look at both desktops after choosing the second picture. You should see the two pictures you assigned. To change either one later, return to its Wallpaper row.
See each display's colours
With a menu bar on every display, each bar takes its colours from its own wallpaper. Your two pictures give each screen its own background and colours along the top.
To set up the bar and dock across your screens, follow how to show the taskbar on a second monitor in Windows 11.
You can try Glassline free for 7 days: on its Microsoft Store page, choose Free trial. After the trial, Glassline is a one-time purchase.
