Set a personal picture as lock screen on Windows 10

How To Customize Your Lock Screen on Windows 10

Here is how to go about customizing your lock screen on Windows 10. Windows 10 is automatically setup to have images pull from the web and update your lockscreen every now and then. This is aimed at keeping the look of your computer fresh each time you log on. But just how to set a personal picture as lock screen on Windows 10 and keep your computer unique? Encyclotek looks at this simple task in detail.

So below you will find a step by step, quick and fast process to get this done.

Steps to Customize Lock Screen on Windows 10

  • With your computer on and ready to go, you can now Set a personal picture as lock screen on Windows 10:
  • Right click on an empty area on your desktop – empty area means there are no folder nor icons in this space
  • You will see a quick option menu pop up. Right at the bottom click on Personalize
  • Here you will have Settings opening up but open for your Background, Colors, Lock screen, Themes, Fonts, Start and Taskbar editing
  • Click on Lock screen in the left hand corner of the page
Set a personal picture as lock screen on Windows 10

Now you should be looking at the Preview screen for what your current lock screen looks like. You will also notice that the Background option is set to Windows Spotlight. This is setup by default. From here you can now select Picture in the drop down menu.

Once you have picture selected, you will see a browse option. Click Browse and then navigate to an area on your computer where your desired picture for you lock screen is stored. Select your picture and save (this should save automatically. Now you have set your preferred picture so once you Open up your computer that is password protected you will see your picture before you proceed to unlock your system. I hope this article helps. Like, share and subscribe. Leave a comment if you found this information useful.

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