How to install fonts on Windows 11
By Saadat Rafiq · 2 min read · 4 steps · Published 6 October 2026
Open Settings, Personalization, Fonts and drag the font file into the Drag and drop to install box, or click Browse and install fonts and choose the file. Windows reads .ttf, .otf, .ttc, .otc and .pfm files. To remove a font, click it in the list and choose Uninstall.
- Device
- Windows
- Shown on
- Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2 (build 26200.9457), Microsoft Cloud PC
- App
- Settings
- Path
- Settings › Personalization
- Real screenshots
- 4 of 4 steps
- Checked
- October 2026
- Sources
- 1 official, linked below
Step by step
Tap the picture to see it full size Open the Fonts settings
Press Windows + I and type fonts in the search box, then click Font settings. It is under Personalization, Fonts.
Tap the picture to see it full size Drag the font file in
Drag a font file from File Explorer or the desktop into the box. In our version, a note says the old Fonts Control Panel now opens this page.
Tap the picture to see it full size Or click Browse and install fonts
Choose the file and click Choose fonts. The file filter shows the types Windows installs. We cancelled, because we had no font file to install.
Tap the picture to see it full size Find it in Available fonts
Installed fonts appear in the list below, each with a sample sentence and its number of font faces. Click a font to see it larger; its page has Uninstall.
About this guide
Fonts you install are available in every app, from Word to Photoshop. Download them only from sources you trust.
The screenshots are our own, taken on Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2 (build 26200.9457) running as a Microsoft Cloud PC, a Windows PC that runs in the cloud. The Settings app is the same on Home and Pro PCs; where the Cloud PC shows something different, the step says so.
Good to know
Quicker: right-click the font file and choose Install. Install for all users makes it available to every account on the PC, and Windows may ask for permission.
A downloaded font often comes in a .zip file. Right-click it, choose Extract All, then install the .ttf or .otf files inside.
Restart an app that was open during the install before you look for the font in it.
What changed: on Windows 11 25H2 the Fonts Control Panel redirects to Settings. The old window is still at C:\Windows\Fonts.
In short: Settings, Personalization, Fonts: drag the file in, or Browse and install fonts. Click a font, Uninstall, to remove it.
Links checked in October 2026. Rules and prices change. Check the official source before you act.
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