{"id":18026,"date":"2019-11-20T18:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T23:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=18026"},"modified":"2019-11-20T18:21:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T23:21:23","slug":"how-to-disable-the-action-center-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-disable-the-action-center-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable the Action Center in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/action0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" width=\"244\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">How to Disable the Action Center in Windows 10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">One of the features that was introduced with Windows 10 is the Action Center. The ActionCenter displays notifications to users when updates are pending, a new email arrives, an app has changed, Windows Defender has detected malicious files, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The Action Center also provides quick access to several of the important Windows 10 settings such as Night Light, Network, Airplane mode, Settings, Screen Snip and so on. And in newer versions of Windows 10, the Action Center has a screen brightness slider that&#8217;s quite handy. But, of course, there&#8217;s nothing in Action Center that is exclusive to the Action Center &#8211; in other words, there are other ways to do what the Action Center tries to make quick and easy to do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But some people are not very fond of the Action Center and many don&#8217;t use it. Today, we&#8217;re going to show you how to disable the Action Center and regain some taskbar real estate. And don&#8217;t worry, if you disable the Action Center you can re-enable it faster than you can say, <em>&#8220;I really miss Windows 10 Action Center. I wish I would not have disabled it&#8221;.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Here&#8217;s how to disable the Action Center:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Right-click on a blank area of the taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Click on &#8220;Taskbar settings&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In Taskbar settings under &#8220;Notification area&#8221; click &#8220;Turn system icons on or off&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/action00.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" width=\"357\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Look for &#8220;Action Center&#8221; in the list and then slide the switch next to it to &#8220;Off&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/action1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" width=\"438\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/action.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" width=\"218\" height=\"302\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Above: Action Center &#8220;ON&#8221;: The Action Center icon appears near the right edge of the taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/no-action.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" width=\"172\" height=\"249\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Above: Action Center &#8220;OFF&#8221;: The Action Center icon is gone from the taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">So, if you never use the Action Center, or didn&#8217;t even know it was there. now you know how to disable it and free up some taskbar space. 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