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{{Infobox software
|image = img0 (Windows 11).jpg
|image_size = 200px
|year_of_release = 2021
|codename = Sun Valley
|default_wallpaper = [[img0 (Windows 11)|img0]] (light)<br>[[img19 (Windows 11)|img19]] (dark)
|included_image_types = Wallpapers
|preceded_by = [[Windows 10]] (2015)
}}
<i>For pre-release wallpapers and pictures, see [[Windows 11 Previews]].</i>

'''Windows 11''' is an operating system that was released by [[Microsoft]] on October 5, 2021. It is the successor to [[Windows 10]], although it was originally intended as a UI refresh codenamed Sun Valley, while staying branded as 10.

== Desktop wallpapers ==
On June 15, 2021, nine days before the operating system was unveiled to the general public, an internal build of the operating system (namely [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_11_build_21996 build 21996], before [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_11_build_21380 build 21380] has came out) was shared onto the Internet. It introduced an entirely new wallpaper set consisting of CGI wallpapers, all of which are in 3840x2400 (or similar) as opposed to the 1920x1200 used in earlier versions, as 4K displays are more widespread now. Along with having default wallpapers for both light and dark modes, there are four themes with four wallpapers in each of them. [[Six N. Five]] have confirmed themselves as the creators of the two default wallpapers, as well as theme wallpapers, although it is uncertain if they created all of those. XK studio are also known to have created the wallpapers of the Captured Motion theme.

Unlike Windows 10, the Team edition shares the same wallpaper set as other editions, although the previous wallpapers are still present albeit unused.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
! class="unsortable" | 
!Name
!Category
!Originates from
!Photographer/artist
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|[[File:img0 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Bloom]]<br>img0
|Windows (light)
|commissioned by [[Microsoft]] 
|[[Six N. Five]]
|Default wallpaper; light theme
|-
|[[File:img0 (Windows 11 - Win365).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Bloom#Variants|Bloom]]<br>img0
|Windows (light)
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|Default wallpaper for Windows 365 VMs running on Windows 11; light theme
|-
|[[File:img19 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Bloom#Variants|Bloom]]<br>img19
|Windows (dark)
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|Default wallpaper; dark theme
|-
|[[File:img19 (Windows 11 365).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Bloom#Variants|Bloom]]<br>img19
|Windows (dark)
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|Default wallpaper for Windows 365 VMs running on Windows 11; dark theme
|-
|[[File:img20 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img20 (Windows 11)|img20]]
|Glow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|
|-
|[[File:img21 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img21 (Windows 11)|img21]]
|Glow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|
|-
|[[File:img22 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img22 (Windows 11)|img22]]
|Glow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|
|-
|[[File:img23 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img23 (Windows 11)|img23]]
|Glow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|
|-
|[[File:img24 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img24 (Windows 11)|img24]]
|Captured Motion
|commissioned by Microsoft
|[[XK studio]]
|At 3840x2401
|-
|[[File:img25 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img25 (Windows 11)|img25]]
|Captured Motion
|commissioned by Microsoft
|XK studio
|
|-
|[[File:img26 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img26 (Windows 11)|img26]]
|Captured Motion
|commissioned by Microsoft
|XK studio
|At 3841x2400
|-
|[[File:img27 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img27 (Windows 11)|img27]]
|Captured Motion
|commissioned by Microsoft
|XK studio
|
|-
|[[File:img28 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img28 (Windows 11)|img28]]
|Sunrise
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|-
|[[File:img29 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img29 (Windows 11)|img29]]
|Sunrise
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|-
|[[File:img30 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img30 (Windows 11)|img30]]
|Sunrise
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|-
|[[File:img31 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img31 (Windows 11)|img31]]
|Sunrise
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|-
|[[File:img32 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img32 (Windows 11)|img32]]
|Flow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|At 3841x2400
|-
|[[File:img33 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img33 (Windows 11)|img33]]
|Flow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|At 3841x2400
|-
|[[File:img34 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img34 (Windows 11)|img34]]
|Flow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|-
|[[File:img35 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img35 (Windows 11)|img35]]
|Flow
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|
|}

=== Windows Spotlight - Miscellaneous ===
Windows 11 2022 Update (version 22H2) introduced a desktop theme that uses dynamic images from Windows Spotlight. The thumbnail for this theme, [[img50]], is included in the same folder as the wallpapers, but it is not actually set as the theme's wallpaper; it is just there to showcase the variety of wallpapers that may be shown. If Spotlight is unavailable, the theme will use the light version of Bloom, which can be found at <code>C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Spotlight</code> as img14.

An update has brought over the Spotlight feature to the initial release as well, and it features a unique wallpaper for when Spotlight is unavailable.
<gallery>
File:Img50.jpg|img50
File:Img14.jpg|img14 in Windows 11 (initial release)
</gallery>

=== SE for Education ===
SE for Education is an edition intended for computers at educational institutions. It downloads three unique themes with light and dark variations of each: [[Flower]], [[Planets (Windows 11)|Planets]] and [[Sunset (Windows 11)|Sunset]]. These can also be downloaded onto other editions of Windows 11 by:

# Press Win+R, type <code>regedit</code>, then press Enter.
# Navigate to <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device</code>.
# Right-click the <code>device</code> key and select '''New → Key'''.
# Name the newly created key <code>Education</code> and press Enter.
# Go to the <code>Education</code> key, right-click and select '''New → DWORD (32-bit) Value'''.
# Name the newly created DWORD key EnableEduThemes.
# Double-click on EnableEduThemes, change the value to 1, and select OK. 
# Restart the computer.
# Wait until these themes will be downloaded.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
! class="unsortable" | 
!Name
!Category
!Originates from
!Photographer/artist
|-
|[[File:flower (dark).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Img41|flower (dark)]]
|Flower (dark)
|commissioned by Microsoft
||Six N. Five
|-
|[[File:img41 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img41]]
|Flower (light)
|commissioned by Microsoft
||Six N. Five
|-
|[[File:planets (dark).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Planets (Windows 11)|planets (dark)]]
|Planets (dark)
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|-
|[[File:planets (light).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Planets (Windows 11)|planets (light)]]
|Planets (light)
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|-
|[[File:sunset (dark).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Sunset (Windows 11)|sunset (dark)]]
|Sunset (dark)
|commissioned by Microsoft
||Six N. Five
|-
|[[File:sunset (light).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[Sunset (Windows 11)|sunset (light)]]
|Sunset (light)
|commissioned by Microsoft
||Six N. Five
|}

== Lock screen wallpapers ==
''This list only includes the built-in wallpaper set, and does not feature images served through the online Windows Spotlight service.'' 

As with previous versions, there are six lock screen wallpapers to choose from. The selection of wallpapers are in many different resolutions; it is more likely this was an overlooked mistake rather than being intentional. With the exception of [[img105 (Windows 10)|img105]], which is identical to how it looked in Windows 10, each of these are similar to the wallpapers in each theme. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
! class="unsortable" | 
!Name
!Originates from
!Photographer/artist
!Resolution
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|[[File:img100 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img100 (Windows 11)|img100]]
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|3840x2160
|Cropped version of img19; default lock screen wallpaper<br>Also used as the fallback image for the Windows Spotlight service if new images aren't available 
|-
|[[File:img21 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img101 (Windows 11)|img101]]
|commissioned by Microsoft
|''unknown''
|3840x2400
|Identical to [[img21 (Windows 11)|img21]]
|-
|[[File:img102 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img102 (Windows 11)|img102]]
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|6400x4000
|Recolored version of [[img28 (Windows 11)|img28]]
|-
|[[File:img103 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img103 (Windows 11)|img103]]
|commissioned by Microsoft
|XK studio
|3839x2400
|Cropped version of [[img26 (Windows 11)|img26]]
|-
|[[File:img104 (Windows 11).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img104 (Windows 11)|img104]]
|commissioned by Microsoft
|Six N. Five
|3840x2400
|Cropped version of [[img32 (Windows 11)|img32]]
|-
|[[File:img105 (Windows 10).jpg|100px|center]]
|[[img105 (Windows 10)|img105]]
|Microsoft
|''unknown''
|1920x1200
|Reused from [[Windows 10]]
|}

== Touch keyboard backgrounds ==
Four of the touch keyboard themes have two image backgrounds, one for light and dark modes respectively. These are included in<code>%SystemRoot%\Web\touchkeyboard</code>. All of them are at 2736x1539 (16:9 aspect ratio) resolution. It is currently unknown who made these, although likely not Six N. Five as they only specified creating the default and theme wallpapers. There are other themes than the four listed here, which include flat color and gradient backgrounds, and are currently not listed here.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
! class="unsortable" | 
!Theme
!Name
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeDark000.jpg|100px|center]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indigo Breeze]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeDark000
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeLight000.jpg|100px|center]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeLight000
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeDark001.jpg|100px|center]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Lilac River]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeDark001
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeLight001.jpg|100px|center]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeLight001
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeDark002.jpg|100px|center]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Silky Dawn]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeDark002
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeLight002.jpg|100px|center]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeLight002
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeDark003.jpg|100px|center]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Tangerine Tides]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeDark003
|-
|[[File:TouchKeyboardThemeLight003.jpg|100px|center]]
|TouchKeyboardThemeLight003
|}

== User account pictures ==
Like with [[Windows 8]] to [[Windows 10|10]], Windows 11 has only 2 identical user account pictures 一 guest and user 一 used for default accounts and guest account respectively, even though it is impossible to create a guest profile without Command Prompt and local policy editing since Windows 10.

Windows 11 used the same user account pictures from Windows 10 version 2004 up to build 22533. Build 22538 introduced a new user account picture to align with the fluent design aesthetics of Windows 11.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |
!Name
!Licensed from
!Originates from
!Photographer/artist
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|[[File:User_(Windows_10_2004).png|75px|center]]
|[[User (Windows 10 2004)|guest]] (until build 22538)
|''unknown''
|[[Microsoft]]
|''unknown''
|Reused from Windows 10 2004<br>Duplicate of the [[User (Windows 10 2004)|user]] account picture; used for guest profile that cannot be created in regular conditions
|-
|[[File:User (Windows 11 build 22538).png|75px|center]]
|[[User (Windows 11 Build 22538)|guest]] (builds 22538+)
|''unknown''
|[[Microsoft]]
|''unknown''
|Duplicate of the [[User (Windows 11 Build 22538)|user]] account picture; used for guest profile that cannot be created in regular conditions; [[:File:DefaultAccountTile (Windows 11).png|Full HD version]] of this picture can be found in <code>%systemroot%\system32\DefaultAccountTile.png</code>
|-
|[[File:User_(Windows_10_2004).png|75px|center]]
|[[User (Windows 10)|user]] (until build 22538)
|''unknown''
|[[Microsoft]]
|''unknown''
|Reused from Windows 10 2004
|-
|[[File:User (Windows 11 build 22538).png|75px|center]]
|[[User (Windows 11 Build 22538)|user]] (builds 22538+)
|''unknown''
|[[Microsoft]]
|''unknown''
|[[:File:DefaultAccountTile (Windows 11).png|Full HD version]] of this picture can be found in <code>%systemroot%\system32\DefaultAccountTile.png</code>
|}

==Picture Password==
You can see this image in the Picture Password setup tutorial when setting it for the first time:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |
!Name
!Licensed from
!Originates from
!Photographer/artist
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|[[File:IMG12345.PNG|100px|center]]
|[[12345]]
|N/A
|[[Microsoft]]
|Bernard Hymmen
|Also appears in [[Windows 8|8]], [[Windows 8.1|8.1]] and [[Windows 10|10]]
|}

==Setup background==
[[File:Setup background (Windows 8.X and 10 Setup).png|200px|thumb]]
The setup background called '''background_cli.bmp''' used by Windows 11 Setup. It was reused from [[Windows 8]]. It can be found in the <code>/sources/</code> folder inside of Windows 11 ISO. The background itself consists of simply <code>#180052</code>, the default Windows 8 accent color. The same picture used in [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1|8.1]] and [[Windows 10|10]].
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