Sometimes the simple act of switching to a different background type can fix the problem of Black Desktop background in Windows 10. 1. Go to Settings > Personalization > click on Background in the left-pane. In the right-pane, change the Background type from Color/Picture to Slideshow. 2.

Many users have reported that the desktop background keeps going black in Windows. The problem is not new and has also been noticed in the previous iterations of the OS. To fix things, you can reconfigure the display setting or update the graphics drivers, amongst other solutions here.