The Windows taskbar is ideal for quickly accessing frequently used applications on your computer. However, some users prefer to hide it in order to save screen space. Here’s how to hide the taskbar in Windows 10.
Automatically hide taskbar in settings
To automatically hide your taskbar, right-click anywhere on your PC desktop and select “Personalize” from the context menu.
The “Settings” window will appear. In the left pane, select “Taskbar”.
You can also right-click on the taskbar itself and, from the menu, select “Taskbar settings”.
Whichever method you choose, you will now be in the Settings menu on the taskbar. From there, hover the cursor over “On” under “Automatically hide taskbar in desktop mode.” If your PC is able to switch to tablet mode, you can hide the taskbar by switching this option to “On” as well.
Your taskbar will now be automatically hidden. This means that unless you get a notification from an app on the taskbar or hover your mouse over where the taskbar should be, it won’t show.
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You can override these settings by returning the sliders to the “Off” position.
Automatically hide taskbar using command prompt
If you are feeling like a hacker, you can also turn the auto-hide option on and off by running commands using the command prompt.
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First, open the Command Prompt by typing “cmd” into the Windows search bar, then select the “Command Prompt” application from the search results.
In the command prompt, run this command to enable the auto-hide taskbar option:
powershell -command “& {$ p = ‘HKCU: SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStuckRects3’; $ v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $ p) .Settings; $ v[8]= 3; & Set-ItemProperty -Path $ p -Name Settings -Value $ v; & Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer} ”
And to turn off the auto-hide taskbar option, run this command:
powershell -command “& {$ p = ‘HKCU: SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStuckRects3’; $ v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $ p) .Settings; $ v[8]= 2; & Set-ItemProperty -Path $ p -Name Settings -Value $ v; & Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer} ”
