Windows 11 Previews

An article about pre-release versions of Windows 11. Due to no significant wallpaper changes occurring beyond the development of version 21H2, the initial release, this page will only cover the wallpaper development leading up to that point.

Desktop wallpapers

Build 21385 (co_release_sh_flt) and earlier

At this point, most of the wallpapers are identical to the RTM, with a couple of exceptions.

	Name	Category	Originates from	Photographer/artist	Notes
	Selfhost_Light Light Bloom img0	Windows (light)	Partially commissioned by Microsoft	Bradley G. Munkowitz and Microsoft employees	Default wallpaper; light theme
	Selfhost_Dark Dark Bloom img19 (build 21370 - 21380)	Windows (dark)			Default wallpaper; dark theme An earlier version of the default wallpaper seen in Windows 10 v1507-1809
	img32 (build 21380)	Flow	commissioned by Microsoft	Six N. Five	Zoomed in top and recolored to blue gray compared to img0 seen in builds 21990 onwards

Build 21990 onwards

By build 21990, the wallpapers that appear in the final release were added.

Lock screen wallpapers

Build 21380

Most wallpapers are identical to the RTM, except that img103 is the fallback for the Windows spotlight service if new images aren't available.

	Name	Original filename	Originates from	Photographer/artist	Notes
	img100	DSC0313_FINAL_2	commissioned by Microsoft	Steve McCurry	Reused from Windows 10
	img104		commissioned by Microsoft	Six N. Five	Cropped version of img32
	img105	unknown	Microsoft	unknown	Reused from Windows 10

Build 21996 onwards

By build 21996, the wallpapers that appear in the final release were added.