Finding wallpapers by creator or title
Search by title or creator name, or tap a creator chip.
The short answer
The Wallpapers window has one search box, and it matches either the wallpaper title or the creator name. Tap a creator chip to see only that creator’s work. And if you arrive from a judge profile, the picker opens already filtered to her.
Searching by title or creator
Type into the search box and the grid narrows to the matches. You do not choose between title and creator first: the same box searches both, so a half-remembered title and a creator’s name work equally well.
If you want the full grid back, clear the box. Nothing about searching changes what you have applied, so it is safe to browse around without touching your current background.
Creator chips
Beside the search box sit creator chips. Tapping one filters the grid to that creator only, which is the quickest way to browse a whole set by someone whose style you like.
Filtering helps most when a list is long. Nielsen Norman Group’s research note on filter categories and values describes filters as letting people shrink a long list to a manageable set, and says they give a sense of control even when there are many options. A creator chip is that idea in its simplest form: one tap, one creator.
Opening the picker from a judge
The Wallpapers button on a judge profile opens the picker pre-filtered to that judge, so you see only her published work without typing anything. It is the shortest route if you already know whose wallpaper you want.
How to read a judge profile shows where that button sits among the profile’s other links. The same profile also links through to her premade clips, filtered the same way.
Applying what you find
Once the grid shows what you want, tap a card and it applies to your desktop immediately, with a tick on the active card. Tapping the active card again, or using Reset to default background, takes you back.
The full step-by-step is in the desktop wallpapers guide, so it is not repeated here. This page is only about narrowing the grid to the right creator or title.
If a search shows nothing
If a search comes back empty, check the spelling of the creator’s name or try a single word from the title. Clear the box and the whole grid returns. A creator chip you have tapped also narrows the grid, so make sure no chip is left active from an earlier look.
A quick example
Say you saw a background you liked on someone else’s desktop and remember only the creator’s name. Type the name into the search box and the grid shows that creator’s published wallpapers. Tap one and it applies at once.
Or say you remember a word from a title but not who made it. The same box handles that. And if you want to browse everything one creator has published without typing, tap their chip instead.
Creators keep their work
Wallpapers are published by creators, and the creator’s name is part of why search is useful. The US Copyright Office explains that copyright protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work, giving owners exclusive rights such as making copies. In plain terms, a creator’s wallpaper is theirs, and using it as your own desktop background is the intended use, not a licence to republish it.