PowerToys

Make Windows work the way you do. Get more than 30 free, open-source tools that help you find things fast, arrange windows, and paste smarter.

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Big time savers, one shortcut away

Start with the tools people use every day. Turn on only the ones you need.

Find anything fast with Command Palette

Press Win + Alt + Space and start typing. Open apps, files, and commands, and add extensions to make it your own.

Command Palette with a search box and commands to search apps, switch windows, and search files.

Arrange your windows with FancyZones

Create your own window layouts and snap apps into place. Press Win + Shift + ` to open the layout editor.

FancyZones layout editor with layout templates and custom layouts.

Paste smarter with Advanced Paste

Press Win + Shift + V to paste as plain text, Markdown, or JSON. You can also use AI to change text, with online or local models.

Advanced Paste window with options to paste as plain text, Markdown, or JSON, and a box for AI instructions.

Preview files with Peek

Select a file in File Explorer and press Space to see a quick preview. No need to open another app.

Peek showing a large preview of an image file selected in File Explorer.

For developers

Made for developers, too

Handle everyday dev tasks without digging through system settings.

Environment Variables Group environment variables into profiles and turn them on or off when you need them.

Learn about Environment Variables

Hosts File Editor Add, edit, and turn hosts entries on or off in a simple editor to test local and staging sites.

Learn about Hosts File Editor

Command Not Found Type a command that isn't installed in PowerShell 7, and get the WinGet package that adds it.

Learn about Command Not Found

Text Extractor Press Win + Shift + T to copy text from anywhere on screen, like an error message in a dialog.

Learn about Text Extractor

Extend Command Palette

Build the next thing people launch

Create an extension in C#, try it instantly in Command Palette, and share it through Microsoft Store or WinGet. Join a rich ecosystem of extensions—or explore it for inspiration.

Build an extension

Explore extensions

Command Palette Extensions gallery showing community-built tools for developers, productivity, media, and more.

Open source

Built in the open, with the community

Microsoft and the Windows community build PowerToys together on GitHub. Report a bug, suggest an idea, or send a pull request.

135K+

stars on GitHub1

400+

contributors1

30+

tools in one free app

1 Source: github.com/microsoft/PowerToys, September 2026. Numbers are rounded down.

All utilities

Find the right tool

Browse every utility by category, the same way they appear in PowerToys Settings.

System tools

Windowing & layouts

Input & output

File management

Advanced

Advanced Paste Paste clipboard content as plain text, Markdown, JSON, or a custom transformed format.

Learn about Advanced Paste

Awake Keep your PC awake without changing its power and sleep settings.

Learn about Awake

Command Palette Search apps, commands, windows, files, and extensions from one launcher.

Learn about Command Palette

Color Picker Pick a color anywhere on screen and copy it in the format you need.

Learn about Color Picker

Light Switch Switch Windows between light and dark themes with a schedule or shortcut.

Learn about Light Switch

PowerToys Run Launch apps, files, folders, settings, calculations, and searches from the keyboard.

Learn about PowerToys Run

Screen Ruler Measure pixels and spacing directly on your screen.

Learn about Screen Ruler

Shortcut Guide Display available Windows shortcuts and search for the command you need.

Learn about Shortcut Guide

Text Extractor Copy text from anywhere on screen with optical character recognition.

Learn about Text Extractor

ZoomIt Zoom, annotate, record, and present details from your screen.

Learn about ZoomIt

Always On Top Pin a window above other windows with a keyboard shortcut.

Learn about Always On Top

Crop And Lock Create a live cropped view or interactive thumbnail of another window.

Learn about Crop And Lock

FancyZones Create custom window layouts and snap apps into defined zones.

Learn about FancyZones

Grab And Move Move windows from anywhere inside their surface instead of reaching for the title bar.

Learn about Grab And Move

Window Hopper Switch quickly between open windows from the same app.

Learn about Window Hopper

Workspaces Launch groups of applications into saved positions with one action.

Learn about Workspaces

Keyboard Manager Remap keys and create custom keyboard shortcuts.

Learn about Keyboard Manager

Mouse Utilities Find your pointer, highlight clicks, jump across displays, and add crosshairs.

Learn about Mouse Utilities

Mouse Without Borders Control multiple computers with one mouse and keyboard.

Learn about Mouse Without Borders

Power Display Control supported monitor brightness, contrast, input, and display profiles.

Learn about Power Display

Quick Accent Type accented characters and symbols without changing your keyboard layout.

Learn about Quick Accent

File Explorer Add-ons Preview more file types and show additional thumbnails in File Explorer.

Learn about File Explorer Add-ons

File Locksmith See which processes are using a file or directory.

Learn about File Locksmith

Image Resizer Resize one or many images directly from File Explorer.

Learn about Image Resizer

New+ Create files and folders from reusable templates in File Explorer.

Learn about New+

Peek Preview files without opening a separate application.

Learn about Peek

PowerRename Rename many files at once with search, replace, and regular expressions.

Learn about PowerRename

Command Not Found Suggest WinGet packages when a PowerShell command is not installed.

Learn about Command Not Found

Environment Variables Create and manage environment-variable profiles from a dedicated editor.

Learn about Environment Variables

Hosts File Editor Edit and manage entries in the Windows hosts file.

Learn about Hosts File Editor

Registry Preview Preview, edit, and write Windows Registry files before applying them.

Learn about Registry Preview

开始

Install PowerToys your way

PowerToys is free. It runs on Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 2004 or later, on x64 and Arm64 PCs.

Microsoft Store The simplest way to install PowerToys and keep it up to date.

Get it from Microsoft Store

WinGet Install from your terminal with one command:winget install --id Microsoft.PowerToys --source winget

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GitHub Download the installer for your PC from the latest release.

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Documentation, releases, and news

Learn how each utility works, see what changed in each release, and follow the project.

文档 Read how to set up and use every utility, and how IT admins can manage PowerToys.

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Releases See what's new and what changed in every version.

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GitHub Explore the code, report issues, and suggest new features.

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Report an issue

博客 Read PowerToys news and release stories on the Windows Command Line blog.

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