Quick Settings (24H2)

Quick settings is a new Windows 11 feature that appears when you click the Network, Volume, or Power buttons in the Taskbar's system tray. As its name suggests, Quick settings provides easy access to commonly needed system settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Battery saver, and more.

You can also open Quick settings by typing WINKEY + A.
Quick settings displays a page of six quick settings buttons in a grid, plus brightness and volume sliders, a battery life display, and an "All settings" (gear) button for accessing the Settings app.

It can also be customized by your PC maker to include a button that, when clicked, launches its support app.

Quick settings is not resizable in any way, and the pane can't display all the quick settings buttons at once. So it features a so-called pips pager control to the right that lets you access the other quick settings pages by clicking the appropriate pip (circular dot) on the control.

There's also a "Next page"--and, when needed, "Previous page"--pip (arrow) for navigating between the available pages.

Where did it go?
If you're familiar with Windows 10, you may recognize Quick settings as the replacement for the quick actions area of the Action Center interface from that release. Windows 11 no longer includes an Action Center. Instead, its functionality is split between the Notification pane--which is accessed by clicking the time and date display in the system tray--and Quick settings.
Quickly access commonly needed system settings
The quick settings buttons at the top of Quick settings help you easily access certain commonly needed system settings.
You can't remove any quick settings button, but you can reorder them so the buttons you use most often are at the top. This is described later in the chapter.
Quickly find and connect to a Wi-Fi network
The "Wi-Fi" quick setting is used to toggle Wi-Fi on or off and to manage available Wi-Fi networks. When you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, the name of that network will appear below the "Wi-Fi" quick setting button.

If Wi-Fi is disabled, the button will be titled "Wi-Fi." And if Wi-Fi is enabled but you are not connected to a network, it will be titled "Available."
The "Wi-Fi" quick setting is a split button, a special type of button that has two halves, each of which works like a unique button of its own. You click the left side of this button to toggle Wi-Fi on and off. And you click the right side to see which Wi-Fi networks are available, connect to a Wi-Fi network, or disconnect from or forget the currently used Wi-Fi network.

To access more Wi-Fi settings, open Quick settings, click the right side of the Wi-Fi quick setting button, and then click "More Wi-Fi settings."
You can learn more about Wi-Fi in Windows 11 in the Wi-Fi chapter.
Quickly find and connect to a Bluetooth device
The "Bluetooth" quick setting button is used to toggle Bluetooth on or off and to manage available Bluetooth...