How To Flip A Screen On Windows

How to rotate the screen in Windows 10

(Image credit: Future)

Learning how to rotate the screen in Windows x isn't just worthwhile for 2-in-1 laptop owners. Being able to quickly flip Windows from landscape to portrait fashion, and vice versa, is certainly handy for touchscreen laptops — just many of the all-time monitors tin can rotate xc degrees, letting you take a second screen for your PC without taking up equally much horizontal space on your desk.

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

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Showtime, though, a word almost the shortcut method: it doesn't always work. Or rather, whether it works will depend on your brandish driver software. For PCs and laptops with Intel processors, for instance, you'll need the Intel Graphics and Media Command Panel installed; we've tested the shortcuts on a PC and a laptop both running Nvidia's dedicated GPU drivers, and they didn't have any consequence.

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

How to rotate the screen in Windows 10: Keyboard shortcuts

one. With your mouse cursor on the display you want to rotate, press Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow to rotate the screen clockwise. You can alternatively press Ctrl + Alt + Left pointer to rotate information technology counter-clockwise, or Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow to put the screen in a flipped landscape view. Ctrl + Alt + Up pointer will return information technology to standard landscape.

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

1. Correct 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. Scroll down to "Display orientation" and select an orientation from the drop-down list. "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 — (Prototype credit: Microsoft)

3. Click "Go along changes."

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

You can always change your screen back to its original orientation by repeating these steps and selecting "Landscape" from the driblet-down list.

Want more Windows ten tips and tricks? Check out our guides on how to set up a stuck Windows update and how to speed up Windows x when it'south running slowly.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, but before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote computing and gaming news for TG, usually relating to how hard it is to discover graphics carte du jour stock.