How to Enable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

Desktop Stickers in Windows 11 let you place custom images, drawings, and emojis directly on your wallpaper to personalize your screen. This built-in feature works on single monitors running Windows 11 Build 22567 or later, turning your static background into an interactive space.

Turning on Desktop Stickers requires a quick tweak inside the Registry Editor (a built-in Windows tool for changing advanced system settings). You need administrator rights to make this change, and the feature only supports one monitor at a time.

What Are Desktop Stickers?

Desktop Stickers in Windows 11 are an experimental built-in feature that lets you place fun graphics, images, and animations directly on top of your desktop background. You can easily move, resize, and personalize these graphics to make your computer screen look unique without changing your actual background picture.

You can select different stickers, move the desktop stickers around on your screen, and change the desktop sticker size. Your desktop stickers will stay in place even if you change your desktop background, as long as you set the desktop background to "Fill." This feature makes your computer workspace feel special and adds joy to your day.

How to Turn On Desktop Stickers

Ready to make your desktop unique? Here’s how to enable the Desktop Stickers feature using Windows settings ⚙️. You won’t need to download any extra files.

Step 1Open the Registry Editor

The Registry Editor is a built-in database for storing low-level settings for the operating system and installed applications. You need to open this advanced tool with administrator permissions to change hidden system settings before you can turn on desktop stickers.

• Click the Windows Start button (the Windows icon on your taskbar).
• Type regedit into the search bar.
• When "Registry Editor" shows up in the search results, right-click on it and choose "Run as administrator".

A User Account Control (UAC) window, which manages permissions, might prompt, "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" Click "Yes".

Step 2Go to the Right Place in the Registry

The correct registry path for desktop stickers is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Stickers in the left-hand navigation pane. You must locate this exact folder to create the new settings required to turn on the feature.

In the Registry Editor, locate the navigation pane on the left side. Navigate to the exact path `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Stickers`, which contains settings for desktop stickers.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Stickers

If the Stickers folder isn't there under device, create it. Right-click the parent folder, choose New, then Key, and name the new folder Stickers. Click on the newly created folder to select it.

Step 3Create the EnableStickers Setting

A new DWORD (32-bit) Value named EnableStickers must be created inside the Stickers folder to activate the hidden graphics feature. You can do this by right-clicking an empty space in the right-hand pane of the Registry Editor and choosing the correct value type.

• With the Stickers folder selected on the left, look at the right side of the window.
• Right-click on an empty space in the right pane.
• In the menu that appears, select New, and then choose DWORD (32-bit) Value.
• A new item will appear, likely named "New Value #1". Rename it right away to EnableStickers. Type it exactly like that, with a capital 'E' and a capital 'S'.
• Now, double-click on the EnableStickers value you just created.

A small window called "Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value" will open. In the "Value data" box, you will see a number. Change this number to 1.

Click "OK" to save your change.

Step 4Restart Your Computer

A full computer restart is required after editing the Windows Registry so your system can apply the new sticker settings. You can do this by opening the Start menu, clicking the power icon, and selecting restart to boot up your PC with the updated feature.

• Close the Registry Editor window.
• Click the Start button.
• Click the Power icon.
• Choose "Restart".

How to Turn Off Desktop Stickers

If you decide you don't want to use stickers anymore, or if you have any problems, turning off the feature is possible. You'll follow the same steps as turning it on, but you'll change one setting in the registry.

Step 1Open Registry Editor as Administrator

Like before, open the Registry Editor with administrator rights. Follow the same instructions as in Step 1 of the "How to Turn On Desktop Stickers" section.

Step 2Go to the Stickers Key

Navigate to the exact same location in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Stickers

Make sure you are inside the Stickers folder.

Step 3Change the EnableStickers Setting

The EnableStickers value in the Registry Editor can be modified or deleted at any time if you want to turn off the desktop graphics feature. Changing the value data from 1 to 0 or deleting the entry entirely will remove the stickers from your system.

• In the right pane, find the EnableStickers value you created.
• Double-click on EnableStickers.
• In the "Value data" box, change the number from 1 to 0.
• Click "OK" to save the change.

Alternatively, you can remove the EnableStickers value completely. To do this, right-click on the EnableStickers value in the right pane and select Delete. Click "Yes" to confirm.

Step 4Restart Your Computer

As with turning the feature on, you need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

• Close the Registry Editor.
• Restart your computer using the Start menu.

After your computer restarts, the Desktop Stickers option should no longer appear in your personalization settings or the desktop context menu.

Summary

Desktop Stickers are a hidden Windows 11 feature that you can turn on by creating a new registry key and restarting your computer. By opening the Registry Editor as an administrator and adding the correct DWORD value, you can easily add custom graphics to your desktop background.

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