How to Convert Units in Windows 11

Some users will need to at least occasionally convert one type of metric or imperial unit to another, be it for length measurements, data, volume, weight, speed, area, etc. Sure, you can utilize any small standalone calculator to convert such units. However, a Windows 11 computer is one big calculator with which you can convert units in various ways. This is how you can convert metric and imperial units on a Windows 11 PC.

How to Convert Units With Windows 11’s Calculator App

Windows 11 includes a pretty decent Calculator app for unit conversion. That app includes conversion tools for currency, length, volume, energy, temperature, time, speed, weight, data, and area units among others. So, the Calculator will probably be more than sufficient for most users’ unit conversion needs.

it’s possible to convert units with Calculator like this:

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Now Calculator’s conversion tool will display a result. It will also show you some other about equal to values for other units. To enter a new value, press the back button to erase the current input number.

You can also convert units with the app’s standard calculator. However, you’ll need to know the conversion factor for your units with which to convert them. So, it’s easier to utilize the converters available in Calculator.

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How to Convert Units With Cortana

Windows 11’s Cortana is a virtual assistant app that can be your calculator. It incorporates a unit conversion tool based on the Bing search engine. Or you could carry out multiplication calculations with that virtual assistant to convert units. This is how to convert units with Cortana:

If you have a microphone enabled, you can issue voice commands to Cortana. Click theSpeak to Cortanabutton to activate that app’s voice chat feature. Then input the samex units in unitscommand vocally.

The Calculator app’s converter options

How to Convert Units With the UnitConverters.net Web App

There are many online unit conversion tools it’s possible to utilize within Windows browsers. Among them is UnitConverters.net, which is an entire website about unit conversion. That site includes one general conversion unit tool you can utilize and many others for more specific units. You can convert units at UnitConverters.net like this:

If the general conversion tool doesn’t have the unit you’re looking for, have a look through the conversion links box on the right of its page. That box includes a wide variety of links that open conversion tools for common, engineering, heat, electricity, and radiology unit types among others. ClickingCommon Converterswill enable you to select links for opening speed, currency, data storage, fuel consumption, and energy unit converters.

Unit conversion options in Calculator

How to Convert Units With the Convert Software

There’s no shortage of unit conversion software for Windows 11 either. Convert is a portable conversion tool you may utilize on many Windows platforms. That software is freely available and probably includes more than enough unit conversion options to satisfy most users. This is how you can download, extract, and utilize Convert:

If Convert doesn’t include the unit you’re looking for, you set up a custom converter by clickingOptions>Preferencesand selecting theCustomtab. Enter input and output units in the two Unit boxes; input a conversion factor for them in the Factor box, and select theOKoption. Then you could utilize that converter from the Custom tab.

A length conversion result in Calculator

How to Convert Units With a Desktop Gadget

Gadgets are those groovy widgets you can add to the desktop in Windows 11. Would you prefer to have a unit conversion tool directly accessible on that desktop? If so, check out 8GadgetPack’s Unit Converter gadget. You canadd a widget to Windows 11’s desktopthat converts units as follows:

You can reposition that unit conversion gadget by left-clicking itsDrag gadgetbutton and holding the mouse button. Drag the widget where you want it on the desktop, and release the button. To expand the widget, clickLarger sizejust above theDrag gadgetbutton.

A Windows 11 PC is a Super Calculator for Unit Conversion

So, you don’t need to look any further than your Windows 11 PC for converting units. Windows 11’s built-in Calculator and Cortana apps are more than adequate unit conversion tools. Or you can quickly and easily convert a multitude of units with the UnitConverters.net web app, Convert program, and Unit Convert gadget.

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