By default, Windows can rotate your screen without additional software. If you have a display that rotates, Windows can automatically adjust the screen to the correct orientation as well. Windows 11 supports different screen orientations. You can change your screen orientation to landscape, portrait, landscape (flipped), or portrait (flipped) easily. For some tablet and mobile devices, this setting is automatic, and the screen orientation changes when the device rotates. Some hotkeys can rotate your screen, too, and if one of these hotkeys is accidentally pressed, users get confused when their display is suddenly in landscape mode when it should be in portrait. If you have a graphics card from Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD, options to rotate your PC’s screen may also be available through this software. However, the built-in Windows option should work on all PCs. If Windows can’t rotate your screen, then you may want to use the options available on your system graphics card. To get started with changing Windows screen orientation, follow the steps below.
How to rotate the display in Windows 11
As mentioned above, one can change their screen orientation to landscape, portrait, landscape (flipped), or portrait (flipped) in Windows 11 easily. The steps below show you how. Windows 11 has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. From system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows, all can be done from its System Settings pane. To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + I shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings as shown in the image below: Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it. Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. In Windows Settings, click System, then select the Display tile on the right pane of your screen shown in the image below. On the Display settings pane, select the monitor you want to change its orientation. If you have more than one display, then select the correct one. (ex. display 1, 2 3, etc.). Next, scroll down, and under the Scale & layout, choose the display orientation you want. Your options are Landscape (default), Portrait, Landscape (flipped), or Portrait (flipped). When you choose a display orientation, you’ll be prompted whether to keep the new settings with 20 seconds to decide. If you don’t decide within the 20 seconds time frame, the changes will be reverted to the previous state. If the changes are ok, click the Keep changes button to keep the new display settings.
How to change display orientation with keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11
One can also change the screen orientation in Windows 11 using keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcuts below will give you the same results as described above.
Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow = Rotates display orientation to landscape. (default) Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow = Rotates display orientation to upside down. Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow = Rotates display orientation 90 degrees to the right. Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow = Rotates display orientation 90 degrees to the left.
That should do it! Conclusion: This post showed you how to change the screen or display orientation in Windows 11. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.
