How to find Windows Spotlight wallpapers on your C drive
Sometimes those nice login photos are worth keeping. Learn how to find Windows Spotlight image files on your computer and save them for personal use.
Feb 18, 2023 - 2 min read
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Finding the folder
After ticking Hidden items from the View ribbon in file explorer, navigate to the following directory:
C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_...
Navigate to the Content Delivery folder
Finding the files
Hover over each folder to find the content. There should be a folder with large non-descript files, with a folder size above 10MB.
Find the large folder full of non-descript files
Copying the files
Select all of the large non-descript files (in the order of 1MB per file) and copy them to your personal directory.
Select and copy the large files
Renaming the files
After copying the files add the .jpg extension to each file. To set the image as your wallpaper, right click on the image file and select Set as desktop background.
Add the .jpg extension to each file
Learnings
- Windows Spotlight wallpapers are secretly stored on your C drive.
- They can be found in the hidden User settings.
- After finding and copying the files, add the .jpg extension.