# Change wallpaper for my photos

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413 "2024-10-11T00:13:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![tecnologoed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tecnologoed](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/tecnologoed)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413/1 "2024-10-11T00:13:10Z")

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you can only exchange them for images that come with the system.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413/2 "2024-10-11T07:39:49Z")

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Open the file-manager and navigate to where your photos are. Right click on a photo file and choose “set as wallpaper”

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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413/3 "2024-10-11T09:18:14Z")

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Hi,  
if you are trying to change wallpaper by right-clicking on Desktop, as soon as Budgie Control Center windows opens (the one that shows distro wallpapers), on upper-right corner there’s an “Add picture” button.  
Otherwise, you can do as fossfreedom suggested: open file browser, surf to image you want to set as wallpaper, right-click it and choose “Set as wallpaper”.

Cheers,  
Sil

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/change-wallpaper-for-my-photos/7413/4 "2024-10-11T12:58:01Z")

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On the other hand, if you want to put a personal image on the login screen, you’ll first need to copy it to a directory accessible by the root account, as the login screen is, by definition, displayed before a user logs in.

Open the directory containing the desired image, right click and select \> ‘Open in Terminal’.  
Then enter this line with the name and location of your image:

```auto
sudo cp name-of-your-image.type /usr/share/backgrounds/

```

Finally, type ‘log’ in the application search box in the main menu, run ‘Login Window’ and do ‘Login Window \> Appearance \> Background \> Background’ to select your image. 🙃