Windows 10: Adjust Start Tile Transparency on Windows 10 Mobile Phone

Cluster Head · Apr 20, 2016

How to: Adjust Start Tile Transparency on Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to Adjust Tile Transparency on Start in Windows 10 Mobile Phones

Information This tutorial will show you how to adjust the transparency level of tiles on Start to what you want on your Windows 10 Mobile phone.

Note Live tiles that show updates do not have transparency. For example, the Bing Weather app and Photos app.

EXAMPLE: Tile Transparency on Start

Here's How:

1. Open Settings, and tap on Personalization. (see screenshot below)

2. Tap on Start. (see screenshot below)

3. Adjust the Transparency slider to the level you want for tiles on Start. (see screenshot below)

Note Move slider left = more transparent tiles

Move slider right = less transparent tiles

You will need to choose a full background on Start to have transparency available. Transparency is not available if you choose the none or tile background.

4. When finished, you can return to Start to see the changes you made. (see screenshot below)

That's it,
Shawn

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How to Change Start Background on your Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to Turn On or Off 'Show more tiles' on Start in Windows 10 Mobile for Phones

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TomBrad95 · Oct 26, 2019

Transparent tiles

The apps don't automatically change to transparent tiles, the developers need to add this feature to their apps, until recently the xbox apps, music, games and videos were all non-transparent but in a recent update this changed. If you check your 23 app
updates you might find the apps listed with an update available to them to add the transparency but there is also some apps in the store that give other apps transparent tiles.

Cluster Head · Oct 26, 2019

The One Feature the Win 10 Start Menu Lacks: Transparent Live Tiles

Windows 10 Mobile does have such a feature, though

Windows 10 adopters have mixed feelings about the new Start menu, and while some people love the new approach with live tiles (borrowed from the Windows 8 Start screen), others hate it and would rather get a simpler layout like in Windows 7.

But if Microsoft’s listening to the first category of users, the company should discover that, right now, the Start menu is lacking one very important feature: the possibility of setting live tile transparency level.

Live tiles in the Start menu have the very same purpose as in Windows 8.1 and provide a decent amount of information without the need to open the apps. And while Microsoft has introduced a number of tweaks to the Start menu, including the transparency and blur effect that’s being used on the taskbar as well, live tiles retain almost the same design as in Windows 8.1.
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More: http://news.softpedia.com/news/the-o...s-497838.shtml

Dos101 · Oct 26, 2019

Windows Phone users Clubhouse

Just ordered the Lumia 822 from VZW. Is there a list of must have apps around here?
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I think I'll put a list of people's favourite apps in the OP, starting with my own until I get some suggestions, but you can take a look at the Windows Phone app store at the top apps to see what's popular http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store

add me to the list. Samsung Focus Flash. Soon will be updating to a WP8 phone but not sure which one for now.
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I'm not on the list :O
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You are both now added, welcome! *Toast :toast:

erixx · Oct 26, 2019

Windows Phone users Clubhouse

If programs list could be sorted by most used, it would be the perfect phone. And Telegram needs live tile or... die.

cageappleby · Oct 26, 2019

Transparent Tiles, Transparent File Explorer and more!!

Hey everyone! Just thought I would show you some screenshots of a transparency effect anyone can achieve using an application called Glass2k. This program allows any application including Universal Windows Apps, as well as the Action Center, Smart menu including tiles and file explorer.

Obviously some of you guys are not interested in any transparency effects but the possibilities to be creative are endless. In the screenshots some of the images use a blurred background, and the others aren't so your able to gauge different effects.

Glass2k also allows you to change how high the transparency it set too, with each app or menu set to different transparency level if be.

TUTROIAL:

1. Download the application (GLASS2K) - Glass2k : Chime Softwares

2. Run the application.

3. The icon should show in the taskbar icons. Open it. Click settings.

4. Enable Auto-Load Glass2k everytime windows starts.

5. Enable Auto-Remember every window Transparency settings.

6. Disable Transparency Popup: Right Click

7. For the keyboard shortcut I use +Alt + Clrl.

8. To change an applications transparency hold alt + ctrl and use the numpad to change the value of transparency.

9. You will have to run Glass2k every time windows starts unfortunately.

10. To add transparency to the Start menu tiles: Open the start menu and click the grouped tiles headerbox. Now click and hold ALT+CTRL and while holding use the numeral pad to change the transparency levels.

Start Menu - Taskbar and Action Center (Blur)

Start Menu - Taskbar and Action Center (WITHOUT Blur)

Groove Music (Blur)

Groove Music (WITHOUT Blur)

File Explorer - Also using QTTABBAR

Settings App

Cortana

YOU CAN EVEN ADD TRANSPARENCY TO CORTANA!