{"id":29686,"date":"2025-01-20T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=29686"},"modified":"2025-01-20T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:41:35","slug":"lets-make-more-room-on-your-windows-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/lets-make-more-room-on-your-windows-taskbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Make More Room on Your Windows Taskbar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let’s Make More Room on Your Windows Taskbar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Taskbar real estate is like ocean-front property. It\u2019s valuable. Every icon or item on your taskbar should be something you use and use often. Having icons on your taskbar should be a quick and easy way to launch your favorite apps and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this tip, we\u2019ll show you how to declutter your Windows 10 or Windows 11 taskbar so you have more space for the things you really need. We\u2019ll start with Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span>
\nAbove:\u00a0 A cluttered Windows 10 taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the taskbar above. Does your Windows 10 or Windows 11 taskbar look like these?\u00a0 On Windows 10 the huge search box takes up the space of several icons. And Cortana and Task View are two things I don\u2019t use \u2013 do you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start by trimming down that huge search box. You really don\u2019t need that big search box to search from the taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-click in the search box. Then hover over \u201cSearch\u201d and you\u2019ll see the option to \u201cShow search icon\u201d. If you search using the taskbar search often as I do, the search icon will work just as well as that big search box did and take up only a fraction of the space.<\/span><\/p>\n

I never use Cortana. If you don\u2019t either, why have it hanging around the taskbar taking up valuable space? Get rid of the Cortana icon by right-clicking on it and deselecting the \u201cShow Cortana button\u201d from the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

When was the last time you used the Task View icon? Ever? Someone at Microsoft thought it was a grand idea. I never use it. Maybe I\u2019m missing something. If you do not use Task View either, why have its icon using up space on the taskbar?\u00a0 Get rid of it, I tells ya!<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-click on the Task View icon and deselect it from the menu that pops up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Now look:<\/span><\/p>\n

BEFORE<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

AFTER<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of using up the precious taskbar space with things that I don\u2019t use and by replacing the large taskbar search box with an icon, I have a lot more room for the apps, programs, and shortcuts I use most often \u2013 and they are right at my fingertips.<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

OK, Windows 11 users it\u2019s your turn. Let\u2019s clean it up!<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-click on an empty space on your taskbar and click on \u201cTaskbar settings\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Change “Search” to “Search icon only”. Then turn off \u201cTask view\u201d and “Widgets”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Windows 11 taskbar will go from looking like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

To this\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

And one more thing\u2026 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re using Windows 11 and you don\u2019t want your taskbar in the center of your screen,\u00a0 you can easily put it back where it\u2019s been since Windows 95 \u2013 on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just right-click on the taskbar, click \u201cTaskbar settings\u201d,\u00a0 click on \u201cTaskbar behaviors\u201d then, next to \u201cTaskbar alignment\u201d, click on \u201cCenter\u201d. After you click on \u201cCenter\u201d, the \u201cLeft\u201d option will appear. Click on \u201cLeft\u201d to align your taskbar to the left of your screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Let’s Make More Room on Your Windows Taskbar This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11 Taskbar real estate is like ocean-front property. It\u2019s valuable. Every icon or item on your taskbar should be something you use and use often. Having icons on your taskbar should be a quick and easy way to launch your favorite\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29687,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686\/revisions\/29687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}