How to Open Multiple Pictures in Microsoft Paint

Combine more than one picture in Microsoft Paint on your PC

Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: June 19, 2023

This wikiHow guide will teach you how to open multiple images in Paint on a Windows computer. Since Paint doesn't support multiple layers, adding more than one image in a file isn't as easy as double-clicking it. Fortunately, you can still work with two images in one Paint file using quick keyboard shortcuts.

Things You Should Know

Open one of the images in Paint, then press Ctrl + A to select all.
Press Ctrl + C to copy the selection.
Open another image in Paint, then press Ctrl + V to paste your selection.

Steps

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You can find it in your Start menu.
This is going to be copied and pasted into another image, so make sure it has the edits you want to apply before you continue.

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The entire image will be selected. You can also go to Select > Select All using your mouse.
The selected image will be copied to your clipboard.
A new file will open.
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Click to select another image that you want to use as your background. Keep in mind that the other image is saved to your clipboard and will paste over this one.
- Make sure it has the edits you want to apply before you continue since you won't be able to edit it by itself when you paste the other image.
The image that you copied will paste over your background, and you can resize it for a limited time. Once you deselect the pasted image, it will become part of the background and will not be able to be edited individually.
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Click File and Save as. This will allow you to change the file name so it doesn't overwrite the original file.^{[1]
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- If you want to add more images, open them in separate instances of Paint and repeat the copy and paste steps.