How To Flip Your Computer Screen Windows 10

How to rotate the screen in Windows 10

(Image credit: Futurity)

Learning how to rotate the screen in Windows 10 isn't only worthwhile for 2-in-1 laptop owners. Being able to quickly flip Windows from landscape to portrait mode, and vice versa, is certainly handy for touchscreen laptops — but many of the best monitors can rotate 90 degrees, letting you have a second screen for your PC without taking up equally much horizontal space on your desk.

In this guide we'll show you how to rotate Windows 10 on a per-screen footing, using both instant shortcuts and by manually adjusting your brandish settings.

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Showtime, though, a discussion about the shortcut method: it doesn't always work. Or rather, whether it works volition depend on your display driver software. For PCs and laptops with Intel processors, for example, you'll need the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel installed; nosotros've tested the shortcuts on a PC and a laptop both running Nvidia's dedicated GPU drivers, and they didn't have any effect.

Don't worry, though, because yous can always rotate the screen using Windows ten settings. Here'due south how to apply both screen rotation methods — if you don't use integrated Intel or AMD graphics, it's worth trying the shortcuts anyway, but merely skip alee if they don't play ball.

How to rotate the screen in Windows ten: Keyboard shortcuts

1. With your mouse cursor on the display you want to rotate, press Ctrl + Alt + Correct pointer to rotate the screen clockwise. You can alternatively press Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow to rotate it counter-clockwise, or Ctrl + Alt + Downwards arrow to put the screen in a flipped landscape view. Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow will return it to standard mural.

How to rotate screen in Windows 10 using shortcuts: Press Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys — (Image credit: Futurity)

How to rotate the screen in Windows 10: Display settings

ane. Right click on your desktop and click "Display settings."

How to rotate screen in Windows 10 step 1: Right click on desktop then click Display settings — (Image credit: Microsoft)

2. Curl downwardly to "Display orientation" and select an orientation from the drib-downward listing. "Portrait" will rotate the screen counter-clockwise, while "Portrait (flipped)" will rotate it clockwise.

How to rotate screen in Windows 10 step 2: Scroll down to Display Orientation and select orientation from drop-down list — (Image credit: Microsoft)

iii. Click "Keep changes."

How to rotate screen in Windows 10 step 3: Click Keep changes — (Image credit: Future)

You tin always alter your screen back to its original orientation by repeating these steps and selecting "Mural" from the drop-down list.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, just before that was Audio Editor at Tom'southward Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote calculating and gaming news for TG, usually relating to how hard information technology is to find graphics menu stock.

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