How to Convert Units in Windows 11

How to use the calculator app in Windows 11 to convert units

You can use Calculator to convert units like this:

1. 1. Press the Taskbar’s Start menu button to see its pinned apps.

1. 1. Select Calculator in the Pinned Apps area of ​​that menu.

1. • Click Open Navigation in the top-left corner of Calculator.

• • Select a conversion tool for whatever unit type you need.

• • Then select the unit you want to convert from in the first drop-down menu.

• • Select a unit to convert the value you entered from the second drop-down menu.

• • Press the calculator’s number keys to enter a number.

The calculator’s conversion tool will now show you the result. It will also show you some other values ​​that are approximately equivalent to other units. To enter a new value, press the Back button to delete the number currently entered.You can also convert units using the application’s standard calculator. However, you need to know the conversion factor of the units used to convert them. Therefore, it is easier to use the converter available in the calculator.

How to Convert Units with Cortana

Cortana for Windows 11 is a virtual assistant app that can be your calculator. It includes a unit conversion tool based on the Bing search engine. Or you can use the virtual assistant to do multiplication calculations to convert units. Here’s how to convert units with Cortana:

1. • Click the round Cortana  taskbar icon to bring up Windows 11’s virtual assistant.

• • Then enter a x units command in the Cortana text box. For example, the command to convert 11 meters to centimeters is 11 meters centimeters

• • Press the Enter button (or click Send) to see the results.

• • Cortana will show you the results of the conversion in its window. You can click a See more link to open the Bing conversion tool from which the virtual assistant extracts the results.

If you have your microphone enabled, you can give voice commands to Cortana. Click the Talk to Cortana button to activate the app’s voice chat feature. Then enter the same x units verbal command.

How to Convert Units with the UnitConverters.net Web App

There are many online unit conversion tools you can use in your Windows browers. Among them is UnitConverters.net, a website that’s all about unit conversion. The site includes a general conversion unit tool you can use as well as many other tools for more specific units. You can convert units on UnitConverters.net like this:

Use UnitConverters.net Web Application to Convert Units

1. • Open the UnitConverters.net converter in your web browser.

• • Select a Length, Temperature, Area, Volume, Weight, or Time tab at the top of the general conversion tool.

• • Select a unit from the column on the left and enter a value for it.

• • Then select a unit in the To column on the right.

• • Enter a number in the From box

If the General Conversion Tool does not have the unit you are looking for, check the Conversion Links box on the right side of its page. This box contains links to open conversion tools for common, engineering, thermal, electrical, and radiology unit types, among others. Clicking Common Converters will give you the option to open links for speed, currency, data storage, fuel consumption, and energy unit converters.

How to Convert Units with the Convert Software

There is no shortage of unit conversion software for Windows 11 either. Convert is a portable conversion tool that you can use on many Windows platforms. The software is available for free and probably contains enough unit conversion options to satisfy most users. Here is how you can download, extract, and use Convert:

1. • Bring up the Convert homepage in the browsing software.

• • Press the Download Convert v4.10 button.

• • Click the Explorer folder icon on the Windows 11 taskbar.

• • Open your browser’s Downloads folder in File Explorer.

• • Right-click the recently downloaded convert.zip archive to select Extract All.

• • To select the extraction directory, select the Browse option. Select the destination folder path in the directory navigator and click the Select Folder button to confirm.

• • If the Show extracted files box is unchecked (check it), click it.

• • Press Extract to open an unzipped folder for the Convert software.

• • Double-click Convert.exe to launch it.

• • Select a unit type tab in the Convert window.

• • Select a unit in the Input box.

• • Select the unit to convert in the Output box.

• • Then enter a number in the Input text box. You will see the result of the conversion in the Output box just below it.

If Convert does not include the unit you are looking for, you can set up a custom converter by clicking Options > Preferences and selecting the Custom tab. Enter the input and output units in the two Unit boxes; enter a conversion factor for them in the Factor box and select the OK option. You can then use the converter from the Custom tab.

How to convert units with a desktop gadget

Gadgets are those groovy widgets you can add to your desktop in Windows 11. Do you want access to unit conversion tools right on that desktop? If so, check out 8GadgetPack’s Unit Converter gadget. You can add a widget to your Windows 11 desktop for converting units, as shown below:

1. • Open the 8GadgetPack site and click the button to Download the software.

• • Click Start with the right mouse button and select and open File Manager.

• • Open the directory (folder) where the browser has downloaded the 8GadgetPack installation wizard.

• • Double-click the 8GadgetPackSetup.msi file.

• • Press Install in the Setup Wizard.

• • Select the Show Gadgets on Exit box and click Finish to exit.

• • Click Add Gadget in the 8GadgetPack window.

• • Double-click Unit Converter on the third page of the widget selection window. Then, the widget will appear in the upper right corner of your desktop.

• • Scroll down the unit type bar on the left side of the widget to select a category.

• • Then scroll the middle bar to select your input unit.

• • Scroll the right bar to select your output unit.

• • Enter a number in the text box to see the conversion result.

You can reposition this unit conversion widget by left-clicking on the Drag the widget button and holding down the mouse button. Drag the widget to the desired location on your desktop and release the button. To expand the widget, click the Bigger size just above the Drag the widget button.

Windows 11 PC is a super calculator for unit conversion

The above is all about how to convert units in Windows 11, so you don’t need to look at your Windows 11 PC to convert units anymore. Windows 11’s built-in calculator and Cortana app are more than enough unit conversion tools. Alternatively, you can use the UnitConverters.net web app, converter, and unit conversion gadget to quickly and easily convert multiple units.