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My Background Wallpaper Collection

I’ve been collecting desktop background wallpapers on Unsplash for a pretty long time, and if you’re anything like me–someone who obsesses over this kind of thing–then I thought I’d share my collection.

William Davy

13 Jun 2025 — 2 min read

I have been known to change my wallpaper weekly, which arguably sounds like nothing until you learn that I’d spend an hour or so each time looking for the right one.

Yup, I’m that kinda person.

I’m trying to cut back on this obsession and trying to stick to something for longer and not waste time procrastinating. But I still thought this would be the perfect place to share it!

There’s (at the time of writing this) 186 images so far.

A collection of both horizontal and vertical - sorry to those of you who like to separate your phone from your computer wallpapers! If the quality allows, often a landscape image can still work quite well as a phone wallpaper, so I combined them into one place.

Here’s the collection:

Some personal favourites:

A collection of ones that have stuck around the longest, or ones I constantly come back to.

Love the look of these on a big monitor!

This has been my iPad background for so long, and looks even better paired with a matte screen protector!

All of these images can be found in the collection

Check it out

I never realised how I either choose between mountains and gradients 😅

Check out this collection based on what I consider the perfect tone palette...

And consider following me while you’re there!

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