How to change the login screen on Windows 10/11

Don't like the blurry screen when logging in on Windows 10/11? Then the instructions below to turn off and change the login screen for Windows 10/11 will be useful to you.

When logging into a Windows PC, the background of the login screen has a blurred effect. This is the Acrylic Blur effect, part of Microsoft's Fluent design, enabled by default.

However, if you don't like the login screen being a blurry image, you can easily turn this effect off. Plus, you can check out some of the gorgeous, default photos enabled by Windows Spotlight, and even choose one you'd like to appear on the login screen.

Here are 3 ways you can turn off the blur effect on the Windows login screen.

How to change the Windows 10/11 login screen

• How to turn off Acrylic Blur effect in Settings on Widows 10/11
• How to turn off the Acrylic Blur effect using Local Group Policy Editor
• How to turn off dimming the login screen via Registry Editor
• How to show favorite photos on the login screen

How to turn off Acrylic Blur effect in Settings on Widows 10/11

Turning off the login screen via Settings is very easy. To do it on Windows 10/11:

1. Press Win + I key to open Settings , then click Personalization .

2. In Windows 11 settings, Personalization is in the left panel. Alternatively, you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize .

3. The Personalization screen will open. On Windows 10, click Colors in the left panel. On Windows 11, the Colors tab is in the right panel.

4. On Windows 10, in the Colors screen in the right panel, the default transparency effects will be enabled. Just turn off Transparency effects .

On Windows 11, Transparency effects are on the right-hand side. Off it.

It's done. Now whenever you restart your computer, press the Win + L key combination . The lock screen will appear. Then, click Lock screen , the login screen will appear. If everything is working properly, you should no longer see a blurry screen when you sign in.

There are several ways to turn off the Transparency effect. However, if you remove the screen dimming effect when logging in by turning off Transparency, it will also disable effects on other areas of the Windows UI, such as the taskbar, Start menu , and Action center .

How to turn off the Acrylic Blur effect using Local Group Policy Editor

You can use this method if you are running Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise because the Windows Home version does not have a Local Group Policy Editor.

How to turn off the blurred login screen using Local Group Policy Editor:

1. Press Win + R to open the Run box . Type gpedit.msc and press Enter .

2. Group Policy Editor will open. Now navigate to the following path in the left panel: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon .

3. In Computer Configuration , click the down arrow next to Administrative Templates to expand it.

4. In Administrative Templates , expand the System folder and click Logon .

5. Then, in the right panel, scroll down: Show clear logon background . If it is set to Not configured , you need to change it.

6. Double click on the policy item to open it and select Enabled . Then, click Apply > OK .

This action will display a clear background on the login screen.

How to turn off dimming the login screen via Registry Editor

Note, while applying this method. It's better to enable automatic registry backup. If something unfortunate happens, you can restore Windows to its normal state.

1. Press Win + R to open the Run box. Type regdit and press Enter .
2. Click Yes on UAC . Registry Editor will open.
3. In Registry Editor, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Microsoft > Windows . Or just copy and paste this path into Registry Editor and press Enter.
4. In the Windows folder, find System in the left panel. If you can't find it, you need to create it by right-clicking on the Windows key, selecting New > Key and naming the key System .
5. Select the System key in the left panel. In the right panel, right-click an area. From the menu, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value .
6. Then give it a name that starts with a capital letter: DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon .
7. Double click DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon to edit it. You will see the default value Value data is 0 . Change Value data to 1 and click OK to apply the changes.
   • Value data 0 means turning on the Acrylic Blur effect.
   • Value data 1 is to turn off the blur effect on the login screen.
8. You will see a clear image when you log back in or just press the Win + L key to see it.

How to show favorite photos on the login screen

You can even choose which photo you want to display on the login screen. You need to set a picture on the lock screen. Here's how:

Right-click on the desktop and select Personalize from the menu. In Personalization settings , select Lock screen .

On Windows 10 , in the Background tab , you will have 3 options: Windows spotlight, Picture and Slideshow.

On Windows 11, you have 3 options in Personalize your lock screen .

Select Windows spotlight for beautiful photos to be displayed automatically. Windows Spotlight updates daily images from around the world. It also shows you the best tips for using Windows.

Select Picture to place your favorite picture on the login screen. Click Browse to upload photos from PC and click Choose picture .

If you want photos from your favorite albums to be displayed randomly, select Slideshow . To add an album, select Add a folder > Choose this folder . For better results, open Advanced slideshow settings to configure as desired.

The most important thing is to scroll down to the lock screen page and make sure Show lock screen backgroud picture on the sign-in screen is enabled . The photo you selected will now appear on the login screen.

Above is how to change the Windows 10/11 login screen image . Hope the article is useful to you.