How To Split Screen On Windows 11

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:

50-50 75-25 50-25-25 25-50-25 33-33-33 25-25-25-25

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 shortcuts offer 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, the live wallpaper we set here in the screenshots is from Wallpaper Engine and the screenshot app is called ShareX, which we discussed in detail in our Record Screen on Windows 11 guide. Do you know any other ways to snap windows on Windows? Let us know in the comments.