Summary
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Microsoft is accelerating the move of Control Panel features to Settings in Windows 11.
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The recent Windows 11 Canary Update brings more time and language settings to Settings.
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The fast-paced change may be due to Windows 10 support ending soon.
If you’ve read my past articles on Microsoft’s Settings-related patches, you’d have noticed that I described the Redmond giant’s progress of moving everything over from the Control Panel as “slow.” But can you blame me? It has essentially been one whole year since Microsoft confirmed that the Control Panel’s days were numbered, and since then, we’ve seen a little trickle here, a little tweak there. It hasn’t really been very quick.
Well, if the past few Canary builds are anything to go by, it seems Microsoft is finally pulling out the stops. The company has confirmed that more settings are moving over from the Control Panel to Settings, and it may be a hint that Microsoft is finally tired of dragging its heels with the migration.
The Windows 11 Canary update brings more of the Control Panel over to Settings
Over on the Windows Insider BlogMicrosoft explains what people can expect from the newest Canary patch. It’s full of bug fixes for common Canary issues, but the highlight change for me is the new round of Settings additions:
So, why is this potential proof that Microsoft is finally getting rid of the Control Panel? Well, from early 2024 to early 2025, and even before Microsoft confirmed it was even scrapping the Control Panel, the company was moving features over about once every three months. Now, in the middle of 2025, we’ve seen a tweak in Marchanother update in Aprilsome movement in mid-Maytwo more changes in late Mayand yet another in July.
So what caused Microsoft to pick up the pace? The company hasn’t made any official announcement about it, but I’d wager a guess that the Redmond giant is currently setting the foundation for when Windows 10 falls out of support in October. Microsoft likely wants to get as many tools over to Settings so that people coming over from Windows 10 don’t get confused that the setting they just learned about a week ago has just moved somewhere else.
