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Windows 11 Desktop Icons are Spaced Out? How to Change it
Use the Registry Editor and you’ll achieve your goal in no time
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Windows 7 had the option to allow change the icon spacing. However, with the Windows 11 OS, you don’t get the option to change the icon spacing, but you do get a bunch of customization options. You can read more about them in ourWindows 11 review.
While you cannot do that officially, there are a few tricks that you can apply and use to change the icon spacing on your Windows 11 PC. Using these tips, you can easily change the vertical and horizontal icon spacing in Windows 11. Let us check it out.
Why are my desktop icons spaced so far apart Windows 11?
This is a design choice by Microsoft and unfortunately, it’s not customizable from the settings. However, there are a couple of methods you can use:
How can I change the icon spacing in Windows 11?
1. Use Registry Editor
2. Use a third-party tool
The Desktop Icon Spacing is a lightweight and easy-to-use application that will help you with icon spacing on your Windows 11 PC.
The best part about the Desktop Icon Spacing tool is that it is available for free and it does not require any activation.
In case you want to learn how you can create an icon on your PC, then we have a guide that gives you a comprehensive guide on how you cancreate an icon on your Windows PC. Also, we have some effective solutions forcorrupt desktop icons issues in Windows.
Let us know in the comments below, which one of the above options did you choose for icon spacing on your Windows PC.
Sagar Naresh
Sagar is a web developer and technology journalist. Currently associated with WindowsReport and SamMobile. When not writing, he is either at the gym sweating it out or playing country music on his guitar.
He is an avid traveler and has been to 15 countries, going to more places soon. TRAVEL and WORK is his mantra for a peaceful life.
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