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Customizing Bing Homepage Themes and Backgrounds: A Comprehensive Guide

For users looking to personalize their browsing experience, customizing the Bing homepage offers a range of options to tailor the look and feel to individual preferences. Here’s a detailed guide on how to do it.

Customizing the Background Image

One of the most noticeable aspects of the Bing homepage is the daily changing background image. However, users are not limited to these default images. To customize the background, you can use Microsoft Edge's built-in features.

Open Microsoft Edge and navigate to the homepage.
Click on the gear icon located at the upper right corner of the page. This will open the customization menu[5].
Here, you can choose from several layouts: Focus, Inspirational, and Informational. The Inspirational layout features a Bing search bar along with a background picture that changes daily.
For a more personalized touch, select the "Custom" option. This allows you to browse your PC and select any image you want to use as the background[5].

Changing the Page Layout

The page layout can significantly impact the user experience. Here’s how you can adjust it:

Using the same gear icon menu, you can switch between different page layouts. The "Focus" layout provides a minimalistic look with just the Bing search bar, while the "Inspirational" layout includes the daily background image along with the search bar.
The "Informational" layout offers additional features such as news feeds, weather updates, and other information[5].

Custom Themes and Extensions

To further personalize your Bing homepage, you can use custom themes and extensions available through the Microsoft Store.

Click on the "Custom theme" option in the customization menu to explore and download themes from the Microsoft Store. These themes can change the overall look and feel of your homepage, including colors and design elements[5].
Additionally, you can use extensions from the Microsoft Store or even the Google Play Store to add more functionality to your homepage.

Managing Quick Links and Greetings

For a cleaner homepage, you can manage the quick links and greetings:

In the customization menu, you have the option to show or hide quick links to your favorite web pages. If you prefer a minimalistic approach, you can remove these links entirely[5].
You can also choose to display or hide greetings, such as your name when you are logged in.

Advanced Customization Options

For more advanced customization, you can adjust language settings and content preferences:

Use the "Advanced" settings in the customization menu to change the language and country settings for the content displayed on your homepage. This ensures that the information, stories, and other data are tailored to your preferred language and region[5].
You can also manage "New tab tips," which are recommendations that pop up based on your browsing habits. If you find these tips distracting, you can turn them off.

Using Bing Wallpaper Apps

For those who want to extend the Bing experience beyond the browser, there are several wallpaper apps available:

The Bing Wallpaper App allows you to automatically set Bing's image of the day as your desktop wallpaper. This app is available for Windows and provides detailed information about each image, such as the location and context of the photograph[3][4].
For Chrome OS devices, there is a separate app called "Wallpaper from Bing for Chromebook" that sets the Bing image of the day as the desktop wallpaper. This app is developed by BrowserNative and is not affiliated with Microsoft[2].

By leveraging these customization options, users can create a Bing homepage that is both visually appealing and functionally tailored to their needs, enhancing their overall browsing experience.