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Hiding the Windows taskbar when you’re not using it will give you more desktop space and show the entire desktop. You can hide the taskbar from within the Settings menu on Windows 10, or in the Taskbar Properties window with older versions. If the taskbar doesn’t hide or disappear, there are a few things you can try.
Steps
On Windows 10
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Right click on the taskbar and select “Taskbar settings”. You need to remind yourself that you right click on an empty space, not an icon. With a touch screen, you hold down on the taskbar for a while and then release to open the right-click menu.
- You can also open the Start menu, select “Settings,” tap or click “Personalization,” and select “Taskbar” in the menu on the left.
- If you right-click and see the option “Properties” instead of “Settings”, you are running an old version of Windows 10. You can follow the instructions in the next section to hide the taskbar.
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Turn on the “Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode” switch. The taskbar will hide immediately. This will affect the taskbar every time the computer returns to desktop mode. If your computer is not a tablet then this is the only setting you need to take care of.
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Turn on the “Automatically hide the taskbar in tablet mode” switch. The taskbar will hide when the device is in tablet mode. You can switch to tablet mode by tapping the Notifications button in the lower-right corner of your desktop and then tapping the “tablet mode” button.
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Open the taskbar by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen. When you place the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen, the taskbar will appear. The taskbar will continue to hide after you move the mouse pointer out of it.
- If you’re on a tablet, you can bring up the taskbar by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
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Change taskbar position. You can use the “Taskbar location on screen” menu to change the desktop taskbar position. Maybe you will find it more convenient when the taskbar is on the side or above the screen. Changes will be applied immediately.
On Windows 7, 8 and Vista
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Right click on the taskbar and select “Properties”. If you use Windows 8, select “Desktop” from within the Start menu or press ⊞ Win + D first to open the desktop view.
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Check the box “Auto-hide the taskbar”. This option is in the “Taskbar” tab.
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Click “Apply”. The taskbar will disappear. You can click “OK” to close the menu, or adjust other settings.
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Use the mouse pointer to reopen the taskbar. The taskbar will pop up when you move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen and will hide if you hover over it.
Resovle problem
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Check which programs are keeping the taskbar open. If some program is flashing in the taskbar, the taskbar will not be able to close. Click on the flashing program to switch to that program, at which point the notification will stop.
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Check the icons in the system tray. The system tray is located in the lower right corner of the screen, next to the clock. Just like the programs located on the taskbar, the icons in the system tray have the ability to keep the taskbar open so that it can notify you. Click the notification icon to see what the program needs. [1] X Research Source
- The program icon may be hidden. Click the arrow to the left of the row of icons to see if there is a hidden icon.
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Turn off notifications for specific programs. If you often ignore notifications, or there are certain notifications that don’t go off and so the taskbar is stuck, you can disable all notifications. [2] X Research Source
- On Windows 10 – Click the Start menu and select “Settings”. Select “System” > “Notifications & actions”. You can turn off notifications for specific apps or disable all options at the top of the list.
- On Windows 7, 8 and Vista – Click the expanded arrow next to the icons in the system tray and then select “Customize”. Find the app for which you want to turn off notifications and select “Hide icon and notifications”.
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Try applying the setting again. Sometimes disabling and reopening the auto-hide feature fixes the taskbar failure to close. Open the Settings (Windows 10) or Properties window again and turn off auto-hide. On Windows 8 and earlier, click “Apply” . Then re-enable the feature and apply the setting.
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Reset Windows Explorer. This is the user interface for Windows, resetting this program can fix the taskbar problem. [3] X Research Sources
- Hold down Ctrl + ⇧ Shift and right-click the taskbar.
- Select “Exit Explorer” from the menu. The taskbar along with all icons and folders will disappear.
- Press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
- Click “File” → “Run new task”.
- Type “explorer” and then press ↵ Enter . The file manager will be reloaded.
Troubleshooting on Windows 10
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Press . ⊞ Win + R and type “powershell” to open PowerShell. If you are using Windows 10 and cannot hide the taskbar, you can try using the PowerShell feature to fix it.
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Right-click the PowerShell icon in the taskbar and select “Run as administrator”. Then confirm that you want to continue. A new PowerShell window of “Administrator” will appear.
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Copy and paste the following command. Make sure you paste the command into the correct “Administrator” window:
- Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml"}
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Execute command. You will see some errors appear when the command executes, but you can safely ignore them.
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Click or tap the Start menu after the command completes. You will see the taskbar is hidden. [4] X Research Sources
Advice
- You won’t be able to permanently hide the taskbar on later versions of Windows.
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