Knowing how to split the screen on Windows 10 opens up a wide range of options, starting with making a particular tab to take up a specific portion of your screen. Perhaps you’re entering data into a spreadsheet and need two tabs equally visible at once. Thankfully the process itself is pretty straight forward and with this handy guide on how to split your screen on Windows 10, you’ll be carving up your screen in no time.
1. Select a window you want to split your screen with
- The split-screen function in Windows 10 will work with most applications and tabs, including third-party programs as well as browsers.
- Just select whatever window you want to take up a portion of the screen first.
For this trick, we’re going to fill half the screen with a Google Chrome tab.
2. Press Windows + Left (or Right)
- You can drag the particular window to the edge of your screen Left/Right.
- Also, you can press the Windows key plus the Left or Right Arrow key will make whatever window you have open take up exactly half of your screen.
- Obviously pressing the left arrow key will make it take up the left side of the screen, whereas the right arrow key will make it take up the right side.
3. Select a second window
- If you have more than one window open when you complete step 2, they should appear as thumbnails on the other half of the screen.
- Just select whichever one you want to take up the remaining half of the screen and it will automatically fill the space.
4. Drag the divider to your preference
- If you don’t want the two windows that are each taking up half the screen to have the same share of the screen, you need one to be bigger than the other.
- Just click on the thin dividing line between the two windows and drag it either left or right to match your needs.
5. Split your screen into quarters (optional)
- If you need to have more than two windows open at once you can go as far as splitting your screen into quarters.
- First press Windows + Left/Right Arrow key, this will make the window take up half of your screen.
- Next press the Windows + Up/Down Arrow key and it will automatically snap to fill just a quarter.
