Change Photos App Live Tile Appearance in Windows 10 (2024)

In Windows 10, there is a built-in Photos app which allows viewing images and performing basic editing.Its tile is pinned to the Start menu by default. In this post, we will see how to change the appearance of the Live Tile for the Photos app and make it show your recent photos, or a single image.

Microsoft has included a new, Universal Windows Platform-based app, "Photos" instead of the good oldWindows Photo Viewerfrom Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The Photos app is set as the default image viewer app. The Photos app can be used to browse, share and edit your photos and your image collection. With recent updates, the app got a brand new feature "Story Remix" which allows applying a set of fancy 3D effects to your photos and videos. Also, the ability to trim and merge videos was added.

Windows 10 has Live Tile support for Universal (Store) apps installed on your PC. When you pin such an app to the Start menu, its Live Tile will show dynamic content like news, weather forecast, images and so on. For example, you can add a useful data usage Live Tile.

The Live Tile feature is enabled by default for the Photos app. It is set to show your recent photos. Here is how it looks:

Let's see how to change what the Live Tile for the Photos app shows in the Start menu.

To change Photos App Live Tile appearance in Windows 10, do the following.

1. Open Photos.
2. Click the three dots menu button in the top right corner.
3. Click on the Settings menu item.
4. Settings will be opened. Go to Appearance - Tile.
5. In the drop-down list, selectRecent photos orA single photo.
6. For "A single photo", you need to choose an image to display on the Live Tile. Click on the Choose button and select the image you like.

The changes will be applied instantly.

Tip:If some Live Tiles display invalid contents in the Start menu, try toreset the Live Tile cache. Also, you can disable Live Tiles all at once in Windows 10.

That's it.