How to enable or disable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

After Windows Spotlight and desktop Search bar experiment, Microsoft is now testing Stickers for desktop backgrounds in Windows 11. Generally, you see stickers In Social Messengers, the Redmond giant is now bringing them to its new OS. The Stickers Editor allows adding stickers to wallpapers that persist when you change the background. The Stickers feature is currently available in Windows 11 22H2 build 25126, here is how you can enable it.

Windows 11 desktop stickers

How to Enable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

Launch Run dialog (Win+R) and open Registry Editor by typing “regedit” command
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\
Create a new key named “Stickers“
On the right pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value, double click and name it “EnableStickers” and set its value to 1
Collapse HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and close the Registry Editor
Open Task Manager,
In the Processes tab, find and select “Windows Explorer”, and click “Restart task”

How to add stickers to wallpapers in Windows 11

Right-click on the desktop and select Personalize
Go to Background
Click “Add stickers”
In the Stickers button that appears on top of the desktop, click it and choose a sticker to add, resize and move its position, done.

A sticker is added to the wallpaper, in this way you can add many stickers. You can also utilize the “Add or edit stickers” option in the desktop right-click menu.

How to disable the Stickers feature in Windows 11

Open Registry Editor
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\
Delete the Stickers key or change the “EnableStickers” Value to 0, and close the Registry editor.
Restart the Windows Explorer process in Task Manager as mentioned above to apply the changes.
Done.

You may have to manually remove existing stickers or change the desktop wallpaper, otherwise, they remain even after disabling the feature.

Do note, that the Stickers feature for Windows 11 hasn’t been announced by Microsoft as of writing and is hidden by default to insiders running in dev channel build 25126.

Final words: Microsoft is adding the ability to Windows 11 to customize the desktop background with Stickers. The feature can be enabled and you’ll be able to add a different variety of stickers to wallpaper.

Do you like Windows 11’s new personalization feature, desktop Stickers? Have you enabled it? What’s your take on it? Let us know in the comments below.