How to change your background on Linux Mint Cinnamon

"It works on any Cinnamon desktop!" Thu Jun 26 2025

This is a guide on how to change your background on the Cinnamon desktop. This applies to Linux Mint Cinnamon, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Fedora Cinnamon, and Manjaro Cinnamon. This guide is also available as a video if you find video instructions easier.

Open Settings from the menu, which can be opened using the icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. You can also open it with the Meta key on your keyboard.

System Settings is pinned in the menu by default.

Under the Appearance category, click Backgrounds.

The Background button is the first in the Appearance category.

Here, you can select different background. You can find different categories on the left sidebar.

The available images appear on the right.

Click an image to set it as the background.