Save Windows Spotlight Lock Screen Images

Spotlight's wallpapers sit in a hidden Assets folder as extension-less files — copy and rename them before they rotate away.

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Copy the ContentDeliveryManager LocalState\Assets files to your Pictures folder, delete tiny icons, and rename the rest to .jpg.

01Command

Command

$ Copy-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets\*" -Destination "$env:USERPROFILE\Pictures\Spotlight" -Force; Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE\Pictures\Spotlight" | ForEach-Object { if($_.Length -lt 200KB){ Remove-Item $_.FullName } ; if($_.Extension -eq ''){ Rename-Item $_.FullName ($_.FullName+'.jpg') } }

02What it does

Every Spotlight image is downloaded into the Assets folder of the ContentDeliveryManager package with no file extension, mixed in with small tile and icon images. Files under roughly 200KB are icons, so filtering by size plus adding the .jpg extension leaves just the wallpapers. Spotlight rotates images out and prunes the folder, so copying them somewhere permanent is the only way to keep a favorite.

03Risk

RiskLow risk

RequirementsWindows Spotlight must be enabled as lock screen; assets only accumulate while Spotlight is active

04Undo

✓No undo needed — this command does not change persistent state.

05Sources

Windows Spotlight
Microsoft Learn · vendor-doc · 2026-09-17
Evidence: Describes how Windows Spotlight delivers daily lock screen background images via the ContentDeliveryManager app, which stores the downloaded assets locally.

Last verified: 2026-09-17 · Category: Media