How to Customize Quick Settings in Windows 11

Do you want to quickly change your volume, screen brightness, or Wi-Fi? Windows 11 has a Quick Settings panel just for that. It sits in the bottom right corner of your screen, near the clock. This panel shows buttons for battery, network, volume, and more. You can turn features on or off without opening the full Settings app.

By default, Windows only shows some buttons. But you can add buttons you use often or remove ones you don’t need. This guide will show you how!

What Is the Quick Settings Panel?

It’s a small window that opens when you click the battery, sound, or network icon in the bottom right corner. Here’s what you can control with it:

• Volume control
• Screen brightness
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Airplane mode
• Night light (makes your screen warmer at night)
• Battery saver
• And more…

You can also open Quick Settings by pressing Windows key + A.

How to Add or Remove Buttons in Quick Settings

Why do this? Adding your favorite buttons makes it faster to change settings you use every day.

What happens? Your Quick Settings panel will only show the buttons you want, in the order you choose.

Follow these easy steps:

1. Press Windows key + A on your keyboard to open the Quick Settings panel. Or click the battery, sound, or network icon at the bottom right of your screen.
2. In the Quick Settings panel, click the pencil icon that says Edit quick settings.
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5. To add a new button, click the Add button.
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8. Pick the buttons you want to add by clicking on them.
9. To remove a button, click the Unpin button below the button you want to remove.
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12. You can also rearrange buttons by clicking and holding a button and dragging it to where you want it.
13. When you’re done, click the Done button to save your changes.

That’s it! Your Quick Settings panel will now have only the buttons you want, in the order you like.

Extra Tip

If you want to stop other people from changing your Quick Settings buttons, you can disable editing of Quick Settings.

Summary

• The Quick Settings panel is a quick way to change common settings on Windows 11.
• You can add, remove, or rearrange buttons to fit what you use most.
• Just open Quick Settings with Windows + A, click the pencil icon, and customize away!
• Feel free to try it out and make your Windows 11 experience faster and easier!