How to rotate screen using Settings

To rotate the screen with the Settings app, use these steps:

• Open Settings
• Click on System
• Click on Display
• Under the “Rearrange your displays” section, select the screen that you want to rotate (if applicable)
• Use the Display orientation drop-down menu to select one of the orientations under the “Scale and layout” section
• Landscape (flipped)
• Portrait (flipped).

Options for rotating the screen on Windows 10

Rotate the monitor as needed to the orientation you selected.

• Click the Keep changes button.

Once you complete the steps, the display will change to your preferred orientation.

How to rotate screen using keyboard shortcut

Alternatively, if your tablet, laptop, or desktop supports it, you can also use keyboard shortcuts to rotate the screen on Windows 10:

Important: This option may only work with some graphics cards. If it’s not working for you, then use the Settings app option.

• Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow – rotates to landscape mode.
• Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow – rotates the screen upside down.
• Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow – rotates the screen 90 degrees (right).
• Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow – rotates the screen 90 degrees (left).

To return to the normal orientation, use the “Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow” keyboard shortcut.

How to rotate screen using graphics control panel

Whether you use a graphics card from Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD, each vendor offers a control panel software to control various aspects of the video settings, including an option to rotate the screen.

To rotate the screen using the NVIDIA Control Panel, use these steps:

• Open Control Panel.
• Click on Hardware and Sound.
• Click on NVIDIA Control Panel.
• Click on Rotate display under the “Display” section.
• Select the display (if applicable).
• Choose the orientation (or use the controls on the right).

Rotating the screen in the NVIDIA Control Panel.  (Image credit: Mauro Huculak)

• Click the Apply button.
• Rotate the monitor as needed to the orientation you selected.

Once you complete the steps, the screen will switch to the orientation you specified.

I’m focusing these instructions for the control panel from NVIDIA, but you can find similar options in the control panel provided by Intel and AMD.