How to rotate the screen on a Windows 10 computer to flip your PC monitor display

You can flip your screen on a Windows computer with just a few clicks.

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• You can rotate your screen in Windows 10 by picking a different orientation in the Display Settings.  
• You can also flip or rotate the screen using keyboard shortcuts in some versions of Windows.
• The screen orientations you can choose are landscape, portrait, landscape (flipped), and portrait (flipped).

Because Windows 10 runs on devices with all sorts of form factors — from tablets and laptops to desktop monitors that physically rotate from landscape to portrait — Windows includes the ability to flip and rotate the screen to suit whatever display you’re using.

Whether you need to adjust the screen for a new device, or it’s “stuck” in the wrong orientation and displaying everything sideways, you can flip the display to suit your needs.

Quick tip: The techniques discussed below also work in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

How to flip or rotate the screen on a Windows computer

You can flip or rotate your screen in the Display Settings in Windows.

1. Right-click a blank area in the Windows desktop and click Display Settings in the context menu.

Select “Display Settings” in the context menu.

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Quick tip: If you have lots of windows open, you can minimize them all by pressing Windows Key + M.

2. On the Display page, if you have more than one monitor installed, choose the display you need to rotate.

Choose a display to flip or rotate.

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3. Click the Display orientation drop-down and choose the rotation you need. You can choose Landscape, Portrait, Landscape (Flipped) or Portrait (Flipped).

Select the display orientation you want to use.

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4. If you accidentally choose the wrong one, press the Escape key to revert to the way it was before. If you like the change, click Keep Changes.

Quick tip: Another way to open the Display Settings is to click the Start button, click the Settings icon, and then choose System.

How to rotate screen on Windows 10 with keyboard shortcuts

In some versions of Windows, you can flip the screen with keyboard shortcuts as well. The latest version of Windows 10 has disabled these shortcuts, but if you still use an older version of Windows, here are your options: