How to Enable and Use Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

Windows 11 offers a number of features that allow users to customize their system, and Desktop Stickers is one of them. As of right now, it is not available to all users. In this feature, you can add stickers to your desktop, which will remain there after changing the wallpaper. Once you have added stickers, you can move and resize the stickers as needed. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to enable and use Desktop Stickers on a Windows 11 computer.

How to Enable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

To enable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11, use the below suggestions:

Open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to the following Registry location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device
Right-click on the device key, then select New > Key.
Assign the key name Stickers, then hit Enter.
Right-click the Stickers key, and then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Type EnableStickers as the key name and press Enter.
Double-click on EnableStickers and set its Value data 1.
Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.

In case you require a more detailed explanation of the above step, please see the following section:

To get it started, open the Registry Editor first. For this, press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box. Now type regedit into the textbox, then click OK. When the UAC box appears on the screen, click on the Yes button.

After you have entered the Registry Editor, go to the following location. Alternatively, type in the below path line in your Registry Editor address bar and click Enter. You will be automatically taken to that location.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device

Once you’re at the given location, select the device directory from the left sidebar. Then right-click on it and select New > Key. Name the new key Stickers and then hit Enter to save it.

Next, right-click anywhere on the right pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and then name it EnableStickers. Click twice on the newly created EnableStickers key, and when the popup menu appears, set the Value data to 1.

Finally, click OK to save your changes. This will enable the Desktop Sticker feature in your Windows 11 PC.

How to add and Use Desktop Stickers on Windows 11

After you activated Desktop Stickers on your Windows 11 computer, you now have to learn how to add and use Desktop Stickers. Let’s go through it in detail:

In order to use it, you first need to right-click on your Desktop screen and select Add or edit stickers from the context menu. Clicking on this will take you to the background settings page in Windows 11. On the next screen, make sure the feature is enabled. Another way to access the stickers interface is through the Settings menu. From there, you have to open Personalization > Background and then click Add stickers to choose stickers for your wallpaper.

When you select the Add or edit stickers item in the context menu, you will see a Stickers tool that lets you choose or edit the stickers. The sticker search engine also allows you to search for the stickers you want to use for your Desktop screen.

Here you will find an interface for choosing stickers. You can scroll through the list or search for stickers that you want to use for your desktop screen. As of now, custom images cannot be turned into stickers.

The first thing you will notice when you select a sticker is that it will appear in the upper left corner of the screen. Now you can drag or resize the sticker by clicking on it. You can delete a sticker by clicking on the trash icon below it, or selecting the sticker and then pressing the Delete key on your keyboard. In order to exit the sticker editor, click “X” at the top.

What I like about desktop stickers is that there is no need to add back stickers when you change the desktop background. Thus, you could say that when you switch wallpapers, the stickers will stay on the desktop.

Another thing you should note is that they won’t work with the Solid color and slideshow background. As you can see from the above screenshot, when I apply slideshow background, the option to choose stickers for wallpaper becomes greyed out and disabled.

The stickers can be added, resized, or deleted as many times as you wish. While adding stickers, you’ll notice that the Taskbar and applications are hidden on the desktop.

That’s how you enable and use desktop stickers on your Windows 11 PC.

TIP: You can also Overlay or display another image or photo on your Windows desktop wallpaper

How to disable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

Some users like the stickers feature, but many others find it unnecessary and a waste of time. If you agree with them and consider it to be time-wasting and useless, you can disable it by applying a simple registry hack. Just follow the instructions below.

Open the Registry Editor.
Browse to the following location – HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device
You can now either delete the Stickers key or set the EnableStickers Value to 0 in the right pane.
Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer after you have finished this procedure.

The stickers may not disappear even after disabling the feature, so you may need to remove them manually or change the desktop wallpaper.

Read: AwesomeWallpaper lets you display images & video on your desktop wallpaper

Does WhatsApp desktop support sending stickers?

There is no automatic support for animated stickers in the desktop version of WhatsApp. Hence, it’s necessary to use the mobile version of WhatsApp to access these stickers. In the desktop version, you’ll be able to use the stickers automatically after downloading.