In the age of multitasking, working with multiple monitors is essential for many people. Windows has made great strides in supporting multiple monitors over the years, but if you truly want to make the most of your multi-monitor setup, you're going to need some extra tools. There are plenty of programs that can help you take your productivity that much further, some of which I use myself.

So, if you're using multiple monitors on Windows 11 and thinking about ways to improve your productivity, here are some programs you might want to try.

5 DisplayFusion

A lot of versatility, if you're willing to pay

DisplayFusion is likely one of the most well-known apps you can get to enhance your multi-monitor experience, and it's no wonder. DisplayFusion can do all kinds of things, including customizing your taskbar on secondary displays, fade your monitors when they're not the active monitor at any given time, set different backgrounds for each monitor or a single background that spans across monitors, and so much more.

One of the more interesting features may be the ability to create window position profiles, which allows you to launch sets of apps in specific positions on the screen, so you can quickly get into your usual workflow. There's so much you can do with DisplayFusion Pro.

The big downside is that all of these features are limited to the Pro version of DisplayFusion. Most of the cool features in DisplayFusion require you to pay up, which makes the free version hard to recommend. Still, I highly recommend giving the free trial a shot and deciding if it's worth the money.

4 Dual Monitor Tools

More limited, but free

If you don't want to pay for an app like DisplayFusion Pro, then Dual Monitor Tools may be the app you're looking for. Conceptually, this tool is very similar to DisplayFusion, but not as in-depth. Still, it can do a lot, like making it easier to move the cursor between screens using a keyboard shortcut, changing how the mouse cursor moves between screens, moving the active window to a different screen, and setting wallpapers for each screen, including the ability to span a single image across every display.

It's not on the same level as DisplayFusion at all, but Dual Monitor Tools is still a good program to have if you use multiple screens.

3 PowerToys

Make your mouse more efficient with multiple screens

Microsoft's PowerToys includes a suite of tools that help you be more productive in many different ways, and there are two in particular that make a lot of sense for multi-monitor users. Firest off, we have mouse utilities, which are all about making it easier to use your mouse on large screens or setups that have a lot of monitors. There are a few tools in this subset, but one that makes a lot of sense is called Mouse Jump. With mouse Jump, you can press a hotkey of your choice to bring up a miniaturized view of all your screens, which shows up wherever your cursor is. In this view, you can simply click where you want your mouse to go, and it will instantly jump to that location. This makes it much faster to move your mouse to a different screen so you can work much more quickly without having to move your mouse across a large screen.

There are other mouse utilities that can be useful, though, including the mouse highlighter, which can help find your mouse. It's pretty useful if you have a lot of large screens and can't find your cursor. Mouse crosshairs do something similar, but in a more subdued way that's shown on screen at all times.

Easily juggle multiple windows

There's more to PowerToys than Mouse utilities though, and the other big one is FancyZones, which I've sung the praises of many times in the past. I mostly use FancyZones to help with managing single large screen, but it's fantastic for multiple screens, too. FancyZones allows you to create custom areas for your app windows to be snapped into, and you can freely split the screen and resize each area in whatever way you prefer. What's most notable, though, is that it supports multiple monitors and creating different layouts for weach monitor, so you can make all of your screens look exactly how you want them to.

If you juggle a lot of apps across your different monitors, FancyZones makes it much easier to get set up and start working. With both of these tools, PowerToys is a must have for multi-monitor users.

2 Monitorian

Manage brightness across different monitors

Using multiple monitors isn't just about managing your apps on them, you also want to have a consistent experience with them, and Window sis notoriously bad at handling multiple external monitors, to the point where you can't even change the brightness on them without dedicated software. Thankfully, Monitorian is a super lightweight app that addresses this issue. Monitorian lives almost exclusively in your taskbar, and it lets you easily change the brightness for all connected monitors, either one at a time or all in one go. You can also adjust things like contrast if your monitor supports it. This can help create a more comfortable experience and make each of your monitors look a bit more similar to each other particularly if they're different models.

One other feature that helps greatly with this is the ability to change the brightness range of each of your monitors. If you have two different models, it's very likely one of them can get a lot brighter or a lot dimmer than the other, which makes it inconsistent to change the brightness for each one. But by limiting the range of brightness on a given monitor, you can force the experience to be more equal across the two, so everything looks more consistent.

1 Twinkle Tray

Twinkle Tray serves a similar purpose to Monitorian, but it's a much more fledged-out app overall. For starters, it has a more modernized UI that looks fantastic on Windows 11. It also has all the features monitorian has, including brightness adjustments for each monitor, the ability to set a brightness range, and changing contrast.

But it can also do lot more with some nice convenience features. For example, it can change the brightness adjustment speed. It gives you the option to rename your monitors, too, so if you have a lot of screens and can't identify them easily, this lets you do that so you can easily change settings for the exact monitor you want. You can also set up hotkeyus for setting the brightness to a specific level, or create automations so that brightness changes at a specific time of the day.

It's a very capable app with a beautiful UI and plenty of features, so I highly recommend it, even if you have a single external monitor. It's worth it.

Turn your multi-monitor setup into a powerhouse

With all of these options at your disposal, you're ready to make the most of your multi-monitor setup. Whether it's managing apps, making it easier to jump between screens, or making a more consistent experience, these apps all do different things that can make your time with multiple monitors that much better. Personally, PowerToys and Twinkle Tray are always part of my arsenal, but we recommend checking all of them out so you can see for yourself what they can do for you.