to delete one picture from screen saver

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to delete one picture from screen saver

virginia coletti 0

I have added a few photos to my screen saver, i don't want one in there, how do i delete one picture? I have it set on picture.

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Answer 1

If the screen saver is set to Photos, Windows uses pictures from a folder. To remove one picture from the screen saver, delete that picture from the folder the screen saver is using.

Open Settings > Personalization > Lock screen.
Select Screen saver.
In Screen Saver Settings, confirm the screen saver is set to Photos.
Select Settings... to see or choose the folder used for the photos.
Open that folder in File Explorer and delete the picture that should no longer appear.

If the picture is part of the last three Windows account pictures instead, those can be removed from: C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures

If AppData is hidden in File Explorer, turn on View > Show > Hidden items first.

Answer 2

It is not easy to remove the images that appear on the Lock Screen Settings Window.

The easiest method it to add more images until the image you want to delete falls off the end of the displayed images in the Lock screen settings window.

Otherwise, open File Explorer.

Paste this into the Address Bar and press Enter.

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets

In that folder, you should find many files with miscellanious alphanumeric names.

If you add a .jpg file extension to each one and then preview the file, you may be able to find the fie you are looking to delete.
Then remove the .jpg file extension form the other files you want to keep.