While using your Windows 10 computer, you may come across a rare occurrence where your screen turns upside-down or appears tilted to one side. Don't worry. You don't have a virus; in fact, this is a perfectly normal feature of Windows 10!

Let's explore how to get your screen the right way up again.

How to Rotate Your Screen in Windows 10 Using Hotkeys

If you hold down the CTRL and ALT keys, then press an arrow key on your keyboard, your screen may rotate in that direction. We say "may" because it likely won't work on computers with more than one monitor or an incompatible graphics driver.

However, you can quickly test if your computer has this feature by holding down CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow. This should flip your computer screen back the right way again.

If this worked, great! Your computer is compatible with the screen rotation hotkeys. As such, take note of these shortcuts for future reference:

  • CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow: Rotates the screen the right-way up (landscape)
  • CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow: Rotates the screen 90 degrees counter-clockwise (portrait)
  • CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow: Rotates the screen 90 degrees clockwise (portrait-flipped)
  • CTRL + ALT + Down Arrow: Rotates the screen upside-down (landscape-flipped)

If you're wondering what other hidden tricks your Windows 10 computer can do, we covered the above hotkeys and more in our article on cool keyboard tricks few people know about.

How to Rotate Your Screen in Windows 10 Without Hotkeys

On the other hand, if the above hotkeys don't work, there is another way to fix it. It involves using the screen, so you may want to turn the monitor or tilt your head while you perform these steps.

First, right-click on your desktop and select Display settings. Scroll down until you see the category called Display orientation. Click the dropdown box under this category, then select Landscape. The screen should then rotate back to normal.

Changing the screen orientation in Windows 10

You'll note that you can select four options from this drop-down, each one sharing the same name as the hotkeys we mentioned above. As such, if you ever want to change the orientation of your monitor but the hotkeys don't work, you can return to this screen and adjust it to your liking.

Learning Your Display Shortcuts With Windows 10

If your cat jumps on your keyboard and your screen suddenly turns the wrong way around, don't panic. By using a simple hotkey, you can get things back to normal again.

While we're on the topic, did you know that you can turn off your PC or put it to sleep with a keyboard shortcut, too?

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