Windows 11 —like Windows 10 before it— has an option built-in to control your screen’s rotation. Right-click empty space on your desktop and click “Display Settings.” Alternatively, you can launch the Settings app and Navigate to Settings > Display.

The Display window has a fair amount of settings available — scroll down until you see “Orientation.” Click the drop-down box next to it, then select the rotation you want.

Unlike the controls you typically find in graphics card control software, there is no confirmation dialogue or automatic reversion timer if you change a landscape monitor to portrait mode or inverted landscape. You just have to set it back manually — which is more challenging than you might expect.

How to Rotate Your Screen With Your GPU’s Control Panel

The graphics driver applications provided by NVIDIA and Intel both allow you to rotate your screen just like the Settings app. AMD’s Catalyst Control Panel doesn’t have this option anymore — you’ll need to use the options built into Windows 11 if you have an AMD GPU. That isn’t a problem, however, since there isn’t anything special about the controls in your GPU’s software.

Rotating With the NVIDIA Control Panel

Launch the NVIDIA control panel by right-clicking in empty space on your desktop, and then clicking “NVIDIA Control Panel.” You can also launch it from the Task Bar — just click the small green NVIDIA logo.

Click “Rotate Display” on the left-hand side, then select the orientation you want.

After you select a new orientation, you have to accept the change in a confirmation dialogue. If you don’t, your orientation will automatically revert to the previous setting.

Rotating with the Intel Command Center

The Intel Command center has replaced the old Intel Graphics Control Panel. You can launch it in a handful of ways — the easiest is just to click the blue icon located on your taskbar. You can also launch it from the Start Menu, just like any other application you have installed.

Click on the Display tab (the small monitor-looking icon), then click the drop-down box next to “Rotation” and select the new rotation you want.

As an added bonus, the Intel Command Center allows you to set hotkeys to automatically rotate your desktop. Click the System tab (which looks like four small squares arranged in a 2×2 grid), then make sure that the “Enable System Hotkeys” toggle is set to “On.”