- God Mode allows you to change pretty much everything on your PC, so be careful what you do here. You can permanently disable some features if you don’t know what you’re doing.
- The folder doesn’t add any settings you won’t be able to find manually. If something breaks, you can simply delete the folder without affecting your system.
- When you activate “God Mode” in Windows 11, you’re just creating a special shortcut that organizes these tools in a more convenient way.
- Make sure to properly paste the code with the brackets when creating the folder.
“God Mode” is technically a long-standing Windows feature, available since Windows Vista, but it still works perfectly in Windows 11. When you enable “God Mode” in Windows 11, you get a single folder that contains shortcuts to every administrative tool and setting available in the operating system.
It presents all your Windows settings in one place instead of needing to hunt for them through the Settings or Control Panel.
What Makes God Mode Useful
The regular Windows 11 Settings app spreads everything across different categories and tabs, like System, Network, and Personalization. God Mode dumps all those settings into one searchable list, organized alphabetically. It’s particularly handy when you need to access old Control Panel items that Microsoft hasn’t moved to the new Settings app yet or has inexplicably moved elsewhere.
Enable God Mode in Windows 11 by Creating Your God Mode Folder
Step 1. Right-click on an empty space on your desktop. In the context menu, select “New” then “Folder.”
Step 2. Right-click the new folder and select “Rename” (or hit “F2” when it’s selected). If you’ve just created it, you’ll immediately get the option to rename it.
Step 3. Rename the folder by pasting the following: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Step 4. Hit “Enter.” The icon will be replaced with the Control Panel icon and the name will disappear.
The long string of characters instructs the operating system to treat this folder as a special shell folder instead of a regular directory, with the string in question pointing to the repository of all settings. You can technically replace the “GodMode” part with any string you want, but everything after the period must stay exactly the same.
Using the New God Mode Control Panel
Double-click the God Mode folder to open it. You’ll see a comprehensive list of every Windows setting, organized by category and sorted alphabetically. Opening each item works exactly like clicking through the normal Settings app or Control Panel.
You can use the search box in File Explorer to quickly find specific settings. For example, you can type “firewall” to see all firewall options, or “backup” to find backup settings.
You can also drag any shortcut from the God Mode folder directly to your desktop if you use certain settings frequently.
Windows 11 Enable God Mode Alternatives
If you don’t want a nameless folder on your desktop, you can create God Mode shortcuts in other locations. The folder works anywhere, whether it’s in your Documents folder, on a USB drive, or pinned to your Start menu.
You can also create multiple God Mode subfolders, each of which can have a different string based on the subcategory you want to target. Here are just some of the strings you can use:
- Network – {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
- Bluetooth – {28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C}
- Mouse properties – {6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
- Personalization – {ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
- Troubleshooting – {C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}
Additionally, you can also make a folder as a desktop shortcut instead of a folder. For that, create a new shortcut and use this target: explorer “shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}”
