A transparent taskbar gives a premium look and feel to your desktop. It makes your wallpaper look better and gives a floating effect to pinned icons. Here, we will show you how you can make transparent taskbar windows in both Windows 10 and 11. Then, we will explore easy and advanced apps that do the work just as good if not better.
From Personalize Settings
Using regedit
Using Third-party App
While Windows settings can bring the transparency effect to the taskbar, they don’t do the job very well. A third-party app can adjust the transparency or even dive into advanced customization.
TranslucentTB for Beginner Users
Classic Shell for Advanced Users
Can I Hide My Taskbar Instead of Making It Transparent?
Yes. Windows by default provides an auto-hide feature for your taskbar. Taskbar remains hidden and only pops up when you hover your mouse over the bottom of the screen. To change this setting,
Do a right-click on the Taskbar and select Taskbar settings.Click on the following options to turn it on:Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode.Automatically hide the taskbar in tablet mode.
If you want to make the taskbar disappear completely, you need a utility like TaskBar Hider.
Download and extract TaskBar Hider.Press Windows + X and select Windows Powershell.Go to the extracted location. E.g. cd C:\Users\Lenovo\Downloads\Compressed\taskbar-hider-64Type .\TaskBarHider.exe -hide -exit and press Enter.To bring the taskbar back up, type .\TaskBarHider.exe -show -exit and press Enter.
Can I Change the Position of My Taskbar?
Depending on the Windows version your options on this may be limited. If you are running Windows 10, you have four options. Bottom, Left, Top, and Right. On Windows 11, you are down to two options only, Bottom and Top. Follow these steps to make the position change.
Do a right-click on the Taskbar and select Taskbar settings.Scroll down to the Taskbar location on the screen.Change the position by selecting an option from the dropdown picklist.
