Enabling God Mode in Windows
Knowing how to enable God Mode in Windows 11 or Windows 10 is one of the simplest ways to put Windows’ most powerful tools at your fingertips. This little-known feature gathers more than 200 tools and settings in one place, as a kind of virtual cheat sheet.
This God Mode feature was first seen in Windows Vista, with most of the options it contains usually located across various parts of the Control Panel. Though Microsoft has now shifted many of the Windows Control Panel’s options to the Settings menu, enabling God Mode can still come in very handy.
The tools found in God Mode cover a number of everyday tasks, like adding and removing apps or user accounts, tinkering with disk partitions, creating System Restore points, or adjusting power settings. God Mode on Windows 11 or 10 really lives up to its name.
Steps to Enable God Mode
1. Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and move the mouse pointer down to New in the context menu. Choose Folder in the side menu that opens.
2. Select the new folder on the desktop and either press the F2 key on the keyboard or right-click the folder and choose Rename. Give the folder this name by copying and pasting:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
3. Press Enter on the keyboard or click away from the folder to confirm its new name. The folder’s icon may change to a Control Panel icon, though sometimes it reverts to the default folder icon. Double-click this to enter God Mode.
Using God Mode
Accessing Tools and Settings
When the God Mode folder opens, a list of more than 200 Windows tools and settings will be presented, organized into categories and sorted alphabetically within them.
Double-click an entry to access that tool or setting, or right-click it and choose Open.
Creating Shortcuts
For easier access to a specific Windows tool or setting, right-click its entry and choose “Create shortcut.”
Windows will warn that a shortcut can’t be created in the God Mode folder, so choose Yes to place it on the desktop instead.
Navigating Options
If navigating God Mode’s category structure is difficult, all options can be displayed in one alphabetical list instead. Right-click a blank area of the folder and choose “Group by,” then Name.
Changing View
Similarly, settings can be displayed as easily clickable icons rather than text entries in a long list. Right-click a blank area and choose View, then select either “Medium icons” or “Large icons.”
Disabling God Mode
If deciding that God Mode is no longer needed due to others tweaking settings without permission, simply right-click the folder on the desktop and choose Delete.
The various options will still be accessible individually through the Control Panel in Windows.
