How To Add Apps To Your Desktop Home Screen In Windows 11?

If you ever wanted to play a game or start an app, you would want the app to be on the desktop home screen in Windows 11. If you have to navigate and sift through multiple folders just to get to the application, that is already cumbersome. Or, you might have it on your taskbar but instead, you want it on your home screen. Let’s find out how you can get apps on your home screen in Windows 11.

How To Have Apps On Your Home Screen Desktop In Windows 11

Before putting apps on your desktop home screen in Windows 11, make sure all icons are set to be visible. For that, go to your desktop home screen. Here, right-click on an empty space, then go to View and make sure “Show Desktop icons” is ticked. This will make sure that the apps you add to your desktop home screen are visible so you can click on them and launch directly from the icon.

Now, In order to get your desired application on the desktop home screen follow the steps below:

1. Click the Start button on the taskbar. It’s the button with the Windows icon.
2. Here, click on the “All apps” button on the right side
3. Type the name of your desired application in the search bar or scroll through the list to find it.
4. Once you have found the app in the list, simply hold-click on it and drag the application to your desktop home screen.
5. This will automatically create a shortcut of the app on your desktop home screen
6. You will now have the app ready to be launched directly from the home screen.

That is how you can add apps to your desktop home screen in Windows 11. For more related topics on Windows 11, check out our other articles like how to fix the Start button not working in Windows 11 and the best settings for gaming in Windows 11.