How to Enable or Disable Windows 10 Full Screen Start Menu

By Timothy Tibbetts

on 06/15/2023

Windows 10 is by far Microsofts most customizable Operating System. The Start Menu is a big deal for many people, especially when they upgrade from Windows 7. In this tutorial, we show you how to enable, or disable the full-screen Start menu, and customize it to fit your needs.

Enabling the full-screen Start Menu is simple, but you might also want to adjust what you in Start, now that you have all this space to fill.

Video tutorial:

Click Start > Settings > Personalization.

Scroll down and check, or uncheck Use Start full screen.

Changes are made immediately, so press Start or click the Windows logo key to see what you think.

You can now explore the other Start options to get the look you want. Each setting adds more to the Start Menu, and you have space, so try a few options.

For example, I find my screen bare, and ugly with most options toggled off:

By enabling a few Start options, Desktop space is better used, in my opinion.

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