Windows operating system has an inbuilt feature of the taskbar, which can be utilized to access many applications just by a click quickly. The Windows 10 taskbar allows users to add program or application icons and the computer’s status information. The taskbar also displays minimized programs or windows that are in use and running. However, some Windows 10 users don’t like this feature and want extra space on their screen.
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How to Automatically Hide the Windows Taskbar from Settings
1. Open the Personalize option on your windows PC either by right-clicking anywhere on the desktop or from the Windows settings.
2. Choose Taskbar from the left-hand column of the Settings window.
You can also open Taskbar settings by right-clicking on the taskbar itself.
3. Now, from the Taskbar Settings menu, turn off the option called “Automatically Hide The Taskbar In Desktop Mode” by toggling off the On radio button.
If your PC or laptop is capable of turning into a tablet mode, you can turn off the option called “Automatically Hide The Taskbar” similarly as you do on the typical desktop mode.
4. Your Windows 10 taskbar is now automatically hiding unless notification of an app pops up or you hover over the mouse to the taskbar’s position in the screen of your Windows.
How to hide taskbar windows 10 without activation
If your PC’s windows version is somehow not activated or the activation of your Windows OS is failed, then consider the below steps to hide or unhide the taskbar in Windows 10.
1. Open the Windows Registry Editor of your Windows 10 PC either from the Windows Start menu or by typing in the keyword called Regedit in the Run Dialogue Box. Note: Make sure to open the Windows Registry Editor as an administrator; else, you won’t be able to modify some Windows Registry items.
2. Move to the path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3
3. Make sure to take your Windows 10 Registry file’s backup before making any modifications in the Registry items. You can perform Registry backup by clicking on File -> Export and save it to your desired directory on the computer.
4. Right-click on the StuckRects3 and opt for an option called Modify the Binary Data.
5. The second line of value data rows will have a value of something like 0008 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00… You need to replace the 02 with 03, as shown below.
Note: The value 03 in the second row is to auto-hide the taskbar, and the 02 value is to disable the taskbar’s auto-hiding.
6. To apply this change in the binary value(REG_BINARY), click the OK button and close the Windows Registry Editor.
7. Now, open your PC’s Task Manager by either pressing the Control + Alt + Del keys simultaneously or by right-clicking the taskbar of your Windows. Right-click on your explorer or windows explorer process and select the restart option.
How to hide the taskbar in windows 10 permanently
Hiding the taskbar in windows 10 permanently is not possible, at least with inbuilt windows settings and basic third-party taskbar hiding tools. There are some advanced third-party taskbar hiding or removing software and tools, which we don’t recommend because they make the Windows operating system unstable on frequent uses. So we recommend auto-hide your taskbar using some simple tricks shown in this article. The solutions for automatically hiding or unhiding the taskbar in this article are not holistic in nature, so choose any taskbar hiding method you like and which works for your PC.
Hide taskbar windows 10 shortcut
To hide the taskbar in windows 10 with a shortcut or minimal effort, you need to download a third-party taskbar hiding app from the Internet. There are numerous taskbar hiding tools available over the Internet. One such tool is Taskbar Control, which allows hiding of the windows taskbar with some hotkeys.
1. Download the Taskbar Control software from the Internet. ( The Taskbar Control tool is a portable executable software and doesn’t need to be installed on the computer).
2. After opening the Taskbar Control software, click its icon in the system tray and set your desired hotkey or use the default hotkeys, Ctrl+Alt+I, to hide/unhide the taskbar.
How to hide the taskbar in windows 10 using cmd
You can also utilize the Windows Command Prompt to hide the taskbar of your Windows 10 computer. Hiding or unhiding the taskbar using the Command Prompt is for those Windows 10 users who get bored by toggling off the taskbar on/off button from the Windows settings and need some fancy methods and geeky procedures.
1. Open the Command Prompt of your PC either by typing in the keyword called cmd in the Run Dialogue box or from the Windows Start/Search options.
2. Type in the below command or code to automatically hide the taskbar on your PC.
powershell -command “&{$p=’HKCU:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3′;$v=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $p).Settings;$v[8]=3;&Set-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name Settings -Value $v;&Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}”
3. To turn off the taskbar’s auto-hiding in your PC, type in the below code in the Command Prompt or cmd.
powershell -command “&{$p=’HKCU:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3′;$v=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $p).Settings;$v[8]=2;&Set-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name Settings -Value $v;&Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}”
To hide/unhide the taskbar of your Windows 10, you can also utilize some of the third-party taskbar hiding tools, which can save you some effort.
We hope this article about Hiding the taskbar in Windows 10 has helped you solve all your queries regarding the topic.
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