Enable or Disable Dynamic Lighting on RGB Devices in Windows 11 Tutorial (2024)

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using Dynamic Lighting on RGB devices for your account in Windows 11.

Lighted accessories have been on the rise and can add energy and emotion to your PC experience. Today, many of these accessories rely on third-party apps and integrations that are highly fragmented. With Dynamic Lighting, Windows users will be able to effortlessly set up and customize their devices with RGB lights directly from Windows Settings. It has never been easier to help all your RGB accessories seamlessly work together for Windows apps.

If you have Dynamic Lighting-compatible devices (such as LED-lit keyboards, mice, case lighting, or other devices), you can control them both individually or as a group through Windows Settings.

When connected, compatible devices will show up as cards along the top of the page. Select these cards to change individual device settings. Below these cards you can find global Dynamic Lighting settings, where changes affect all connected devices.

Dynamic Lighting provides Windows users and developers with native control of Lighting Devices implementing the open HID LampArray standard. By adopting an open standard, and by working with our OEM and ODM partners, Microsoft seeks to improve the RGB device and software ecosystem for users by increasing interoperability of devices and apps. Included are APIs for Windows apps to control devices from the background and foreground, as well as a page in Windows Settings for users to customize how their devices behave.

When Dynamic Lighting is off, devices should function with their default non-Dynamic Lighting behavior. Dynamic Lighting includes a built-in set of basic effects.

Several device manufacturers including Acer, ASUS, HP, HyperX, Logitech, Razer, and Twinkly have partnered with Microsoft on Dynamic Lighting.

As of Windows 11 build 23475 (Dev) and build 22631.2050 (Beta), a list of current, in-market compatible devices is below. Review the Dynamic Lighting Hardware MS Learn page for a more current list of compatible in-market devices. The latest firmware should be used with these devices. We are aware of several issues with wireless device connections so please use a wired connection with a compatible device to a PC, if possible, for the time being. And check out the known issues below in this post for other issues that may impact this experience.

Starting with Windows 11 build 23486 (Dev), Microsoft added new Wave, Wheel, and Gradient effects for Dynamic Lighting.

Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, you can now instantly sync your Windows accent color with the devices around you with the “Match my Windows accent color” toggle under “Effects” for Dynamic Lighting via Settings > Personalization > Dynamic Lighting. Microsoft also added the ability to choose a custom color to light up your devices with.

References:

1 Open Settings (WIn+I).

2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Dynamic Lighting on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3 Turn On (default) or Off Use Dynamic Lighting on my devices for what you want. (see screenshots below)

4 You can now close Settings if you like.

1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.

2Turn On Dynamic Lighting on RGB Devices

This is the default setting

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_ON_Dynamic_Lighting.reg​

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting]"AmbientLightingEnabled"=dword:00000001

3Turn Off Dynamic Lighting on RGB Devices

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_OFF_Dynamic_Lighting.reg​

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting]"AmbientLightingEnabled"=dword:00000000

4 Save the REG file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink