On Windows 11, rotating your computer screen can be very beneficial, especially when watching a video or reading something. Can achieve screen orientation by making changes in the display configuration in the settings application in the Windows operating system without any third-party software. On Windows 11, there are 4 options for display orientation, i.e., Landscape, Portrait, Landscape(flipped), Portrait(flipped). You can choose any orientation as per your requirement that changes your screen orientation.
People get confused about how to revert the changes if someone presses any hotkey by mistake, and the screen orientation display automatically rotates. This risewindows post will show you how to change the orientation by which you can rotate your screen.
How to Rotate Display on Windows 11 using the Settings app?
Here, Windows 11 offers to change screen orientation to landscape, portrait, landscape (flipped), and portrait (flipped). To change the screen orientation using the Settings app, do the following:-
Step 1. Firstly, open the Settings app by pressing
Step 2. Now, select the
Step 3. Then, click on the
Step 4. After that, scroll down to the “Scale & layout” settings.
Please note that you need to choose the one monitor you want to change the orientation if you use multiple monitors.
Step 5. Here, from the drop-down menu of “Display orientation,” select the Landscape (default), Portrait, Landscape (flipped), or Portrait (flipped) option. Soon after selecting a display orientation, you will notice that the direction of your screen is changed, and you will be prompted to keep the new settings. You need to decide in 20 seconds. If you don’t settle within 20 seconds time frame, changes will automatically revert to the previous state. You can also discard the changes within that time frame by pressing the
To save the settings, press the
Finally, you can change the rotation of the screen using a setting app. That’s it.
How to Change Display Orientation with Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows 11?
To change the display orientation on Windows 11 system if you have trouble using the Settings app or prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, perform the combination of the following keys:-
- Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow – Rotates display orientation to landscape (This should be the default setting for most Windows devices).
- Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow – Turns display orientation to upside down.
- Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow – Rotates orientation to 90 degree right.
- Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow – Turns display orientation to 90 degrees left.
So, you can use to change display orientation with keyboard shortcuts.
That’s it for the article.
Good luck & Stay healthy, guys.!!!
