There are many websites on the Internet that allow users to freely download pictures for use as their wallpaper or background image. Below is a list of some of our favorite sites.

Desktop Nexus

Desktop Nexus official site By far, one of the best and easiest to use web pages to get a desktop wallpaper.

Windows desktop backgrounds (wallpapers)

Microsoft desktop backgrounds Another fantastic location for hundreds of vivid and unique Windows wallpapers maintained by Microsoft.

InterfaceLIFT

http://interfacelift.com Yet another fantastic site containing thousands of high-quality images that can be used as your desktop wallpaper.

deviantART

http://www.deviantart.com Another fantastic website with millions of great and unique photographs and artwork to use as your wallpaper.

Desktopography

http://desktopography.net An amazing project that is taking nature and topological themed wallpapers from selected designers since 2005 and displaying the best each year.

UHDWallpapers

http://www.uhdwallpapers.org A great source of high quality, high-definition wallpapers for your computer. Many of the images are also available under creative commons or public domain licenses.

http://images.google.com Searching for images in Google’s image search finds lots of good images to use as your wallpaper.

Unless you are having a hard time finding a specific image, we suggest clicking “Advanced image search” and specifying your monitor’s resolution.

  • See the wallpaper definition for further information and related links.
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