Enable screen magnifier on Windows 11

Screen magnifier is already integrated in Windows 11. By default, the magnifying glass is disabled in the operating system. You can turn this magnifying glass on or off at any time in Settings. We will show you how this works in this guide.

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1 screen magnifier

2 Enable Windows 11 Magnifier

3 Open Windows 11 settings

4 Select Magnifier

5 Enable screen magnifier

6 Start Magnifier automatically with Windows

7 Magnifier Keyboard Shortcuts

screen magnifier

The screen magnifier can help the elderly or visually impaired to work better with the da. When the screen magnifier is activated, all elements are shown enlarged. The users can use the mouse or the keyboard shortcut to display desired size.

Enable Windows 11 screen magnifier

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  1. Open Windows 11 settings

    Enable screen magnifier on Windows 11

    Start Windows Settings . The best way to do this is with the key combination Windows + I.

  2. select screen magnifier

    Enable screen magnifier on Windows 11

    In the opened window click on Accessibility on the left and then on Magnifier

  3. Enable screen magnifier

    Enable screen magnifier on Windows 11

    In the upper area you will find the settings for the screen magnifier. Slide the slider to the right. The magnifying glass then starts automatically.

Press the Windows logo key + Plus (+) to turn on Magnifier—and press the Windows logo key + ESC to turn it off.

Start Magnifier automatically with Windows

Windows 11 offers the possibility to start the screen magnifier automatically at startup. Here Microsoft
offers the screen magnifier to be available before the login. Or only starts automatically after the user has logged on. When you are at the Magnifying glass setting screen, as described above, simply press the screen lift element. A small window will open where you can choose the two options yourself:

  • Start magnifier before login
  • Start magnifier after login

Enable screen magnifier on Windows 11

Magnifier keyboard shortcuts

You can use the screen magnifier using the following key combination:

Enable screen magnifier Windows logo key + PLUS (+)
Disable screen magnifier Windows logo key + ESC
Open Magnifier Settings Windows logo key+CTRL+M
Enlarge Windows logo key + PLUS (+)
zoom out Windows logo key + MINUS (-)
Zoom with mouse wheel CTRL+ALT+mouse wheel
Pan left CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW
Pan to the right CTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Pan up CTRL+ALT+UP ARROW
Pan down CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW
invert colors CTRL+ALT+I
full screen view CTRL+ALT+F
magnifying view CTRL+ALT+L
Docked view CTRL+ALT+D
change view CTRL+ALT+M
Change magnifying glass size with mouse CTRL+ALT+R
Decrease magnifier width SHIFT+ALT+SPEXT KEY
Increase magnifier width SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT ARROW KEY
Decrease magnifying glass height SHIFT+ALT+DOWN KEY
Full screen preview CTRL+ALT+LESP

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