How do I open the Widgets Board on Windows 11?

Press Win + W, click the weather/widgets icon in the taskbar corner, or swipe from the left edge on a touch screen.

Can I resize Windows 11 widgets?

Yes. Right-click (or click the … menu on) any pinned widget and choose Small, Medium, or Large. Larger Witals sizes show more detail, like top processes or memory pool breakdowns.

Do I need Task Manager open for the widgets to work?

No. Witals reads Windows performance counters directly, so the widgets update on their own whenever the Widgets Board is open.

How-To · Updated July 2026

How to Add CPU, GPU & RAM Widgets to Windows 11

Short answer: install the free Witals app from the Microsoft Store, press Win + W to open the Widgets Board, click +, and pin the CPU, GPU, Memory, and Network widgets. Windows 11 no longer ships system widgets of its own — the official ones were retired with Dev Home in May 2025.

Does Windows 11 have built-in system widgets?

It used to. Microsoft's Dev Home app added official CPU, GPU, Memory, and Network widgets to the Widgets Board in 2023. Dev Home was deprecated in May 2025, and the widgets went with it — so most older tutorials you'll find describe an app you can no longer use. (Full story: Dev Home widgets alternative.)

What remains built in: Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc → Performance) for a full monitoring window, and the Widgets Board itself — which any Store app can publish widgets to. That's where Witals comes in.

Add the widgets, step by step

Total time: about 2 minutes.

Install Witals (free)

Grab Witals from the Microsoft Store. No account, no settings screen, no background service to configure.

Open the Widgets Board

Press Win + W, click the weather icon in the taskbar corner, or swipe from the left edge on touch devices.

Pin CPU, GPU, Memory, or Network

Click the + (Add widgets) button in the top-right of the board. You'll see the four Witals widgets in the picker — add the ones you want.

Resize to taste

Each widget supports small, medium, and large. Bigger sizes show more: the large CPU widget adds top processes; the large Memory widget adds committed/cached/pool breakdowns.

CPU, GPU, Memory and Network widgets added to the Windows 11 Widgets Board with Witals

What you can monitor

CPU widget

Utilization %, current clock speed, and the top 3 processes by CPU — so you can spot the runaway process without opening Task Manager.

GPU widget

Utilization %, temperature, and memory usage — with multi-GPU support for laptops with integrated + discrete graphics.

Windows 11 RAM widget showing memory usage, available memory and pool breakdown

Memory (RAM) widget

Usage %, available memory, and a committed/cached/pool breakdown on the larger sizes.

Network widget

Live download/upload in Mbps, with adapter selection when you have more than one connection.

Frequently asked questions

Does Windows 11 have built-in CPU and GPU widgets?

Not anymore — the official ones shipped with Dev Home, which Microsoft deprecated in May 2025. A free Store app like Witals fills the gap.

How do I open the Widgets Board?

Win + W is the fastest way. You can also click the weather icon in the taskbar corner or swipe from the left edge on touch screens.

Can I resize the widgets?

Yes — small, medium, or large via the widget's … menu. Larger sizes reveal more data.

Does this need Task Manager running?

No. Witals reads Windows performance counters directly and refreshes while the board is open.

Add system widgets to your board

CPU, GPU, Memory, and Network — free, no account.

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