How to minimize the Taskbar on Windows 10

The Taskbar on Windows 10 will take up a lot of screen space if you don't minimize it to optimize your workspace. Default on the Windows 10 Taskbar displayed in one line, but unfortunately you make them appear in multiple lines, what to do. In this article, Software Tips will guide you how to minimize the Taskbar on Windows 10 and make them as small as possible!

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Step 1: you right click on the bar Taskbar and select Taskbar Settings to open the settings.

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Step 2: In the Settings window , you proceed to turn off the Lock the Taskbar feature .

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Step 3: Then, you can use the mouse to drag the border of the Taskbar to change the size of the Taskbar to be smaller.

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If you want to move the Taskbar to other screen edges, you just need to click and drag them to different sides of the screen.

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Step 4: When you have reduced the Taskbar and you still see them large in size, you proceed to optimize this way:

You Right-click the Taskbar and choose Taskbar Settings to set.

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Step 5: Then, you turn on the feature Use small taskbar bottons to minimize the size of icons and the Taskbar.

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When the Use small taskbar bottons feature is turned on , our Taskbar will be smaller like this:

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Step 6: To the applications on the Taskbar only display the icon but not the name of the application, you do the following.

Select the Always, hide labels feature in the Combine Taskbar Buttons section .

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When the optimization is done, our Taskbar will display a tiny bit like the image below. So you have saved the space of the Taskbar and optimized the workspace on the screen better.

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Step 7: When you are satisfied with the new Taskbar interface, right-click on the Taskbar and select Lock Taskbar to avoid being in the process of using us to edit the wrong Taskbar.

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In this article, Software Tips guide you how to reduce the size of the Taskbar on Windows 10. Wish you success!

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