{"id":17279,"date":"2021-11-09T02:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T02:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17279"},"modified":"2021-11-09T02:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T02:15:15","slug":"common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Common Ways to Open Settings App in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Windows 11, more Control Panel features are being migrated to the Settings app. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you the most common ways to open Settings app in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Open Windows 11 Settings App Using Keyboard Shortcut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hold down the <strong>Windows<\/strong> Logo key and the <strong>I<\/strong> key on your keyboard at the same time, this will open the Settings app directly. This is the quickest way to launch Settings app for fans of keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/settings-app-keyboard-shortcut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17291\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Open Windows 11 Settings App via Search, Start Menu or Taskbar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>Search<\/strong> button on the taskbar, type <strong>settings<\/strong> in the search field at the top. From the search result, you can then click <strong>Open<\/strong> from the right pane to start the Settings app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/search-for-settings-app.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/search-for-settings-app.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/search-for-settings-app-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or click &#8220;<strong>Pin to taskbar<\/strong>&#8221; for adding the shortcut of the Settings app to the taskbar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-taskbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-taskbar.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-taskbar-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have clicked the &#8220;<strong>Pin to Start<\/strong>&#8221; option, the Settings app will appear under the <strong>Pinned<\/strong> section of the Start Menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-start-menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"674\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-start-menu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pin-settings-app-to-start-menu-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Open Windows 11 Settings App via WinX Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right-click on the <strong>Start<\/strong> button on the taskbar to open up the WinX menu, and then choose <strong>Settings<\/strong> to run the Settings app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-start-button.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 4: Open Windows 11 Settings App from Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right-click any blank area on your desktop and choose either &#8220;<strong>Display settings<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>Personalize<\/strong>&#8221; from the context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/desktop-context-menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/desktop-context-menu.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/desktop-context-menu-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the Settings app launches, you can use the left navigation pane to find the settings you need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 5: Open Windows 11 Settings App via Run, Command Prompt or PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>R<\/strong> together to Open the Run box, type the following command and press Enter to access the Settings app.<br \/>\n<code>ms-settings:<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-with-command.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-with-command.png 399w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-with-command-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or run the above command in the Command Prompt, PowerShell or Terminal window.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 6: Open Windows 11 Settings App from Quick Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the battery icon, speaker icon or network icon in the system tray to open Quick Settings panel, next click the gear icon located in the lower-right corner to access the Settings app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-in-system-tray.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"456\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-in-system-tray.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/open-settings-app-in-system-tray-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Windows 11, more Control Panel features are being migrated to the Settings app. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you the most common ways to open Settings app in Windows 11. Method 1: Open Windows 11 Settings App Using Keyboard Shortcut Hold down the Windows Logo key and the I key on your keyboard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4726,4725],"class_list":["post-17279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-access-settings-app-windows-11","tag-open-settings-in-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17294,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17279\/revisions\/17294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}