Top 10 Hidden windows 11 features you must know
Top 10 Hidden windows 11 features you must know

How many of you have installed the new Windows 11 on your PCs, if you have Windows 10, then you can upgrade it for free & there are many including me who have done it! Many of our office laptops have also been upgraded to Windows 11! By the way friends, Windows 11 isn’t just an eye-candy! I mean the UI is very different & changed now it looks more like a mobile UI.

But many features have been added that are very good & useful according to me and there are some things like if you don’t like a feature then you can keep it like the Windows 10 feature so there are many things & so the title says that there are many Windows 11 features that you might not know about! And you should use them.

Let’s start & not waste any more time, friends, it’s the biggest visual change in Windows 11 All icons have come to the center that were on the left earlier It looks like macros, but if you don’t like it unlike many of them who do but if you don’t & want it on the left like Windows 10, then you can easily do it.

You just have to go to Settings>Personalization>Taskbar>Taskbar Behaviors> and choose - Left Taskbar Alignment And it’ll get back as it was previously in Windows 10! Did you know this? And friends, this personalization area has many things in it that you can change according to your likes.

Many things that can be visually experienced including their working So go & spend some time in Settings>Personalization Just like your mobile’s “Focus Mode”, it comes in Windows 11 too! Focus Mode - If you don’t want any notifications or anything if you’re gaming on your PC etc.

Where you don’t want to get disturbed, yes the Focus Mode has arrived & you can customize which notifications can be allowed & which are not! It’s the time of WFH & many times you’re doing some work & there are many distractive notifications It’s very disturbing at least in my case & I definitely use the Focus Mode & it benefits me.

Friends, Windows 10 had shortcuts which were very good! When you go to the Start menu, you see folders there that you could use I personally used them & when I installed Windows 11, I couldn’t find them but there’s a way if you want some folders like - Downloads, Pictures etc.

Folders On Start - These folders that you want to access regularly can be pinned to the Start menu It’s very simple, go to Settings>Personalization>Start>Folders, & you can select many things in it like, File Explorer, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Network, your personal folder etc All these things can be added in the shortcuts so that you can access them on a click! And friends, this next feature is really cool! and I don’t think many people know about it Type With Voice - You can actually type with your voice You can just talk to your PC/laptop & it’ll type for you You don’t need to type it It’s simple! Press “Windows” & start talking.

The PC will start writing it’s fun! Do try this feature out another thing, we always use “Right-Click” on folders or to arrange icons & more I’ve been using Right-Click from the start & all of us do it normally, like if you want to empty the recycle bin or delete an app Legacy Right-Click - But now, the Right-Click menu has been simplified & many things that you could do can’t be done now.

But worry not! The old Right-Click feature can still be accessed! You just have to highlight the part where you want to Right-Click, & then press “Shift+F10” The old Right-Click menu will be back as before! Did you know this? Do try it! And many people know this as Microsoft had already advertised it Multiple Desktops - Just press Windows key Tab & multiple windows will pop up Meaning if you want to compartmentalize your work, your personal stuff, multimedia on different desktops, then you can now.

You can add as many desktops as you want now not bad, this is a very useful feature & I use it in my office You do a lot of multitasking! You want to do multiple things at the same time & you don’t have multiple monitors you want different windows on the same single monitor it’s very easy Snap Layouts.

You get 4 different layouts if you however over maximize icons & you can see it but you won’t have to use a mouse, you’ll have to use a shortcut, just press Windows key Up/down/left/right arrow Different layouts will change accordingly like if you press Windows right arrow, then it’ll move to the right & so on So it’s very interesting & useful! And if you want to present different windows in different layouts then you can use Snap Layouts.

This is another cool feature, & many people would use it there are many times where our many tabs are open & we want only 1 of them! But there are many tabs/windows open in the background If you want to keep a single window open & minimize the others, Shake to Minimize - It’s a very easy to use minimize feature, you can shake the very 1st open window& all other windows at the back will get minimized But remember, this feature is turned off by default & you’ll have to turn it on Press the Windows key>Type multitasking>Title bar window shake & turn it on And just shake.

The very 1st open window & all other windows will get minimized! Themes - Dark mode/Normal mode have all arrived & I like it! If you want to look at the screen in low light, then your eyes won’t have much problem there are many themes available with color options you can customize it completely & granularly according to your color preferences, so you do that now! You can control the way your desktop looks, completely! Go to Settings>Personalization>Themes & browse the themes you like & select 1 of them! Do you know, Dynamic refresh rate like you have adaptive refresh rate on your mobile phones, it’s available on Windows 11 now! Dynamic Refresh Rate - If your display supports HDR or fast refresh rate like 120/144Hz, then you can use it now! If you go to Displays, there’s an option if you want to use 144Hz, then you can do it its very smooth! Auto HDR - Yes if your display supports it then you can use Auto HDR whether you’re editing videos/gaming It’s beneficial for high-end displays Friends, you have to COMMENT below whether you knew these 10-11 features about Windows 11! And if you did, then how many of them did you know about & how many of them you didn’t.