How to Enable or Disable Lock Screen Background Picture on Sign-in Screen on Windows 11?

The lock screen is the screen you see when you turn on your computer before the sign-in screen. It is also displayed once your computer is locked after you press the Windows + L. The lock screen has a background picture that one can change and customize.

The sign-in screen is hidden just behind the lock screen. To view the sign-n screen, you must dismiss the lock screen by either pressing a key on your keyboard, clicking the mouse or swiping up on the lock screen. This risewindows article will show you how to enable or disable the lock screen background picture on Sign-in Screen on Windows 11.

How to Turn On/Off Lock Screen Background Picture on Sign-in Screen on Windows 11?

To enable or disable the lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen on Windows 11, do the following:-

Step 1. First, press Windows + I keys from the keyboard to open the Settings app.

Step 2. Now, when Windows Settings opens, select the Personalization category from the left sidebar.

Step 3. Then, select the Lock screen tab on the right sidebar of Personalization.

Step 4. After that, scroll down to the bottom to see the option, “Show the lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen.” Use the toggle switch to turn it On/Off according to your need.

When this option is turned off, you will have a black background on the sign-in screen. You will see a lock screen background picture if you enable this option.

How to Enable or Disable Lock Screen Background on Sign-in Screen using Registry Editor?

To turn on or off the Lock Screen background on the Sign-in screen using Registry Editor, perform the following:-

Step 1. Firstly, open Registry Editor.

Step 2. Now, when the Registry Editor window appears on your computer, navigate to the following path in the left sidebar:-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

Step 3. Then, right-click on the System folder and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value in the menu.

Step 4. After that, name the newly created REG_DWORD as DisableLogonBackgroundImage.

Step 5. Next, double-click on the DisableLogonBackgroundImage REG_DWORD and set its Value data to 1.

Step 6. Finally, restart your Windows 11 machine.

After completing the above steps, Windows 11 will no longer have the background picture on the sign-in screen.

So, open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following path to display the background picture on the sign-in screen:-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

On the right side of System folder, right-click on the DisableLogonBackgroundImage REG_DWORD and select Delete option. Then, click the Yes button when prompted. Lastly, reboot your computer to see the background image on the sign-in screen.

That’s it for the article.

I hope this post will be helpful to you.

Good luck & stay healthy, guys.

Also, read How to Customize the Lock Screen on Windows 11?