This makes the editing experience in Paint more flexible, so you can easily control the view of the content in the app. Microsoft is also working on new zoom controls for Paint. Toggle between light, dark and system preference in Paint theme settings Currently, the settings page in Paint lets you toggle between light, dark or “respect system” theme preferences.

Open Paint, and you will have dark mode irrespective of the Windows 11 version installed on the system.īy default, Paint will adapt to the system theme preference, but you can modify the theme by opening Paint’s new settings page.

New Paint with dark mode and modern properties menu

Click on the update or install button when asked.

msixbundle (make sure the file extension is.

On older versions of Windows 11 or the production channel, you can download Paint version 11.2304.17.0 from our cloud storage.

If you’re in the Dev or Canary channel, head to the Microsoft Store and grab the update.

If you can’t wait, you can follow the steps highlighted below to manually replace the old Paint with a new version that has a dark mode and better zoom controls: Microsoft is looking for feedback from testers to improve the Paint app.

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