How to Enable or Disable Screen Tint in Windows 11
Screen Tint in Windows 11 lets you add a color overlay to your screen to reduce eye strain. It’s a special tool that puts a subtle color cast over everything you see, helping to make your display easier on your eyes.
This feature is different from Windows 11’s Night Light. Screen Tint offers more control over your screen’s colors. It was first introduced for Windows 11 Insiders on build 26300.8289 and later.
You can pick colors like amber, blue, or green and change how strong they are. This can make text clearer and make bright white backgrounds less harsh. When Screen Tint is on, your screen shows this color hue without changing any files or pictures you save.
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Screen tint and toggle the switch to On or Off. You can also adjust the color and strength using the provided sliders. This feature helps reduce glare and eye strain by applying a customizable color overlay.
How to Enable Screen Tint via ViVeTool
If the screen tint option isn’t showing in your Settings menu, you can enable it using a free tool called ViVeTool. This method requires opening Command Prompt as an administrator and running specific commands after downloading the tool.
- Download the latest version of ViVeTool.
- Open your Command Prompt as an administrator.
3. Navigate to the folder where you saved the tool and run this command:
vivetool.exe /enable /id:606621244. Restart your computer to apply these changes.
Turn On or Off Screen Tint in Settings
Turning the Windows 11 screen tint on or off is straightforward within the Settings app. This feature helps make your screen easier on your eyes by adjusting its color. Navigate to Accessibility, then Screen tint, and use the toggle switch.
2. Click on Accessibility in the left menu, then select Screen tint on the right.
3. Toggle the Screen tint switch to On or Off.
4. Once enabled, you can use the sliders to select your preferred color and adjust its strength to your liking.
Turn On or Off Screen Tint using Registry
Control over Windows 11 screen tint can be achieved by making changes in the Registry Editor, but proceed with caution as you’ll be editing system files. To do this, open the Registry Editor with administrator rights and navigate to the correct path to enable or disable the feature.
To enable the feature via the Registry, open the Registry Editor (regedit) with administrator rights and navigate to:
To control screen tint in Windows 11, you can create a new DWORD value named “Active” within the Registry Editor. Setting the “Active” value to 1 turns on the screen tint feature, which can help reduce eye strain. Alternatively, setting the “Active” value to 0 turns off the screen tint feature.
Summary
Windows 11 screen tint helps you customize your display for better eye comfort by reducing glare and eye strain with a custom color overlay.
How does Screen Tint differ from Night Light?
Night Light is designed to reduce blue light exposure, helping with sleep patterns by warming your screen color. Screen Tint is a more flexible accessibility tool that lets you choose any color and intensity, specifically targeting visual comfort and reading ease rather than just blue light reduction.
Is Screen Tint available in the stable version of 🪟 Windows 11?
Currently, Screen Tint is an experimental feature available only to Windows 11 Insider Preview users on specific builds. It has not yet been rolled out to the general public in the stable version of Windows 11. Microsoft may include it in future updates based on user feedback.
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