How to enable hidden educational topics in Windows 11
Microsoft is putting a lot of effort into making Windows 11 more personal and customizable for the user. The company previously released a set of Pantone wallpapers for Windows 11 that are particularly good. The company later added the Windows Spotlight feature to bring Bing wallpapers to Windows 11 and give users more options to customize their desktop. And now, thanks to Twitter user PhantomOcean3 , you can access several hidden themes and wallpapers designed for students using school devices. This new wallpaper set looks beautiful and supports both dark and light themes. So if you want to enable education themes in Windows 11, follow our guide below.
New educational themes in Windows 11 (2022)
In this guide, we have mentioned how to enable and apply education themes on Windows 11 PC. We have also included steps to download new wallpapers and steps to disable them if you no longer want to use the new themes.
How to enable educational themes in Windows 11
Before you enable education themes in Windows 11, make sure you upgrade to Windows 11 22H2. Education themes are only available in Windows 11 22H2 builds. You don't need to be in the beta or development channel to try out these themes, as you can get them in the stable releases as well. So follow our guide above to install the Windows 11 22H2 update (if you haven't already) and then proceed to the steps below.
1. To enable themes for education in Windows 11, click the search button on the taskbar and search for "registry". Now open "Registry Editor" from the search results.
2. Then copy the path below and paste it into the address bar of the registry editor. This will take you directly to the appropriate folder.
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagercurrentdevice
3. Here, right-click "device" in the left pane and select "New" -> "Key".
4. Rename the newly created key as "Education".
5. Now select the Education key and right click on the empty space on the right side. Then select "New" -> "DWORD Value (32-bit)".
6. Set the name of the new DWORD value to "EnableEduThemes".
7. Now double click "EnableEduThemes" and set "Data Value" to "1" to enable this feature.
8. Finally, restart your computer. Make sure you are connected to the Internet and wait a few minutes. Windows 11 will download hidden new education themes to your computer in the background.
How to Apply Educational Themes in Windows 11 22H2
1. Now open the Settings app using the Windows 11 keyboard shortcut "Windows + I". Here go to "Personalization" in the left menu.
2. You will find new education themes on your Windows 11 PC. Just select the one you want to apply and you will see the wallpaper and theme change instantly. Enjoy!
3. Here are some of the topics of education in action. They look so warm, cozy and colorful. Students will definitely love the melting ice cream galaxy wallpaper shown in the topic below.
4. If you only want the wallpaper, press "Windows + R" to open the "Run" window. Paste the path below and press Enter.
%localappdata%MicrosoftWindowsThemes
13. Here you will find all new wallpapers for Windows 11 Education. Copy them to your personal folder if you want to use them separately or share them.
How to disable educational themes in Windows 11
If the Education theme has broken something on your PC and you want to disable it, you can easily do that. Follow the instructions below carefully:
1. Open the registry editor using the start menu. Then paste the path below.
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagercurrentdevice
2. Here, right click the Education key and delete it.
3. Now restart your computer and new themes will be disabled.
Here's how you can experience the new education themes on your Windows 11 PC. I really liked the new wallpapers and light theme in Windows 11. And if you only want to access the colorful wallpapers, you can get them using the instructions above. Anyway, that's all for this guide. To customize the taskbar in Windows 11, follow our detailed guide at the link here. In addition, we have a dedicated guide for personalizing the Start menu in Windows 11. Finally, if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments section below.