Swipe up from the bottom of the display to show or
hide the taskbar, which Chrome OS calls the «shelf.»
It functions like the «auto -
hide taskbar» setting is enabled.
With auto - hide enabled, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to show or
hide the taskbar.
We'll show you how to automatically
hide the taskbar in Windows 10.
We'll show you how to automatically
hide the taskbar.
For each virtual desktop, you can change its background,
hide the taskbar, automatically launch applications, and perform other actions.
Make sure that the «Auto -
hide the taskbar» option is enabled.
To disable the Auto
Hide the Taskbar setting via Group Policy, Run gpedit.msc to open Group Policy Editor and navigate to the following setting:
Make sure that the «Automatically
hide the taskbar in desktop mode» option is enabled.
There may be times; you may notice that the auto
hide taskbar is not working and the taskbar won't hide If a taskbar button flashes or something which needs your comes up in the taskbar notification area, the taskbar won't auto hide till you address that issue.
The only options you have in the menu, volume control, no video settings, no sound settings, no actual fullscreen unless
you hide the taskbar and then hit f11, f11 like you would with a internet browser.
Not exact matches
This will simply
hide the box from the
Taskbar.
Simply right - click on any empty space on the
taskbar, go to Search, and then change «Show search box» to either «Show Cortana icon» or «
Hidden».
With the Peek option turned on, you can move your mouse to the tiny sliver of space at the far right of the
taskbar to
hide all your windows and show you your desktop.
Windows 7 and 8 also
hide icons behind the up arrow to save
taskbar space.
If you'd like to disable them, you can just right - click the
taskbar and choose to
hide the Search and Task View options.
We fixed an issue potentially resulting in the
taskbar no longer auto -
hiding when a full screen window has focus (for example, when watching videos, gaming, or when using Remote Desktop).
When the
taskbar is
hidden, swiping up from the bottom edge of the screen will make it appear.
You might not think to disable these, as they typically
hide in your
Taskbar when not actively used.
On the other hand, it's important to know that this doesn't disable Timeline nor Task View, but instead
hides the button from the
taskbar and nothing more.
In this case, you can simply click that
taskbar button to let the app know you've seen what it needs you to see and the
taskbar will
hide again.
Aero Peek is one of the more useful new features in Windows 7... just move your mouse to the
taskbar for half a second, and everything else
hides so you can see the desktop or application window.
When you're using the auto -
hide feature for the Windows
taskbar, it will stay
hidden until an application needs your attention.
«If you like, you can also easily
hide Cortana and the search box in the
taskbar altogether.»
Never combine, Combine when the
taskbar is full and Always combine,
hide labels.
Again, notifications in Windows 10 typically don't cause problems with
taskbar auto -
hiding, but it can certainly happen with notifications in previous versions.
Here are a few tips that might get that
Taskbar hidden again.
Sometimes when your
taskbar refuses to auto -
hide and you can't find the reason, restarting Windows Explorer can make the problem go away — at least temporarily.
Sometimes, if you're experiencing problems with your
taskbar auto -
hiding, just turning the feature off and back on again will fix your problem.
To do this, right - click on any empty space on the
taskbar, go to Cortana / Search, and then change Show search box to either Show icon or Disabled /
Hidden.
One downside to enabling auto -
hide for the
taskbar is that it requires an additional action to view Start, access Cortana, or other items in the
taskbar.
The Windows
Taskbar also comes with System Tray enhancements that automatically
hide all but a default set of notification icons.
The
taskbar hides and automatically pops back up when the mouse pointer is near the bottom of the screen.
Your
taskbar will now
hide until you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen, as shown below.
We updated the Action Center icon to now
hide unread notification count when the
taskbar is using small icons, as there's not enough space to display it.
Open gpedit.msc and navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu &
Taskbar >
Hide the notification area
To
hide the notification area or the system tray which appears in the right side of your Windows
taskbar, type gpedit.msc in start search box and hit Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.
Hidden Mode will make the software completely hidden from the taskbar, system tray, etc. but it will continue blocking the
Hidden Mode will make the software completely
hidden from the taskbar, system tray, etc. but it will continue blocking the
hidden from the
taskbar, system tray, etc. but it will continue blocking the apps.
If you'd like to display a clean Windows 7
taskbar, you will have to
hide the notification area and the system clock which appears on the right side if the Windows
taskbar.
The Cortana search box in particular takes a ton of precious
taskbar space that could otherwise be dedicated to apps that are pinned or running, so I wouldn't be surprised if most power users collapsed Cortana search to a regular icon or
hide it altogether.
If it does not, you may have to manually troubleshoot and identify the offending process that is causing the
Taskbar to not auto -
hide.
2] Yet another anomaly I observed is that background apps prevent the
Taskbar from
hiding.
Just right - click on the
taskbar and uncheck the check boxes for whichever button you want to
hide.
That takes away the normal
taskbar, giving the user one with just a Windows button (which opens a full - screen Start menu that shows the tiles and
hides the scrolling list of programs), a back button, Cortana and the task switcher button.
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Also at times, if you click the Start button and move the mouse cursor away will cause the
taskbar to
hide for one second.
And there is an option to
hide apps icons on the
taskbar when in Tablet Mode.