How to Split Screen on Windows 11

Split screen in Windows helps you get more work done side-by-side, and the term on Windows is called Snap layouts. There are a few pre-defined layouts that you can use, or drag the app windows to a particular part of your computer screen to enter edit mode and have multiple windows side by side. There are a few ways to use split screen on Windows 11, and we shall go through all of them in this article.

Method 1: Use Snap Layouts to Split Screen on Windows 11

The easiest way to get started with split screen on Windows is by using the snap layouts feature introduced in Windows 11. The feature provides a few pre-defined layouts at which you would like to arrange one or multiple app windows. Here’s how to use it.

The list of all the snap layouts in terms of screen real estate is as follows:

Method 2: Drag and Drop App Windows

Dragging a window to the ends of your screen will auto-initiate window snapping. Here’s how to do it if you want, say a 50-25-25 split.

Method 3: Drop Windows to the Snap Bar

You may have noticed that it’s not possible to obtain 25-50-25 and 33-33-33 snapping via the above method. And for that and the rest of the snap layouts:

Method 4: Enter Split Screen Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows keyboard shortcutsoffer you easy ways to turn on features, like the window snapping tool. Here’s how you can do it.

And that’s how you can split screen on Windows 11. Split screen is incredibly useful, especially on Windows 11 thanks to the Snap window. It makes multitasking effortless, clean, and less overwhelming.

In case you were wondering, thelive wallpaper we sethere in the screenshots is from Wallpaper Engine and the screenshot app is called ShareX, which we discussed in detail in ourRecord Screen on Windows 11guide. Do you know any other ways to snap windows on Windows? Let us know in the comments.

Abubakar Mohammed

Abubakar covers Tech on Beebom. Hailing from a Computer Science background, the start of his love for Tech dates back to 2011, when he was gifted a Dell Inspiron 5100. When he’s not covering Tech, you’ll find him binge-watching anime and Tech content on YouTube, hunting heads in competitive FPS games, or exploring Teyvat in Genshin Impact. He has previously worked for leading publications such as Fossbytes, How-To Geek, and Android Police.

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