While the taskbar corner icons and the overflow window aren’t new, I never actually knew what they were called before. Taskbar behaviors include hiding the taskbar and showing unread messages. It also lets you automatically hide the taskbar (something that’s been a taskbar behavior for a very long time) show a badge on taskbar apps to let you know if, say, you have any unread messages handle how the taskbar works on multiple displays and show a clean desktop by clicking on the far right corner of the taskbar. Incidentally, the “Taskbar behaviors” section of the settings lets you do more than move your icons to the left. You can move the icons from the center to the left of the taskbar. Close the settings window, and you’ll see that the app icons in the taskbar have moved to the left, with the Start menu icon in the corner.Look for “Taskbar alignment” and click on the button on the right where it says “Center.” Select “Left” instead.Right-click on the taskbar and click on “Taskbar settings.”.If your muscle memory keeps your hand drifting to that corner, you can move the center app icons so they are to your left instead:
Those of us who having been using Windows 10 (or 7 or earlier iterations) are used to accessing the Start menu from the lower left-hand corner of the screen. You can hide four of the standard taskbar icons. Toggle off any of the four icons - “Search,” “Task view,” “Widgets,” or “Chat” - that you want to hide.Select “Taskbar settings.” (You can also get there by going to “Settings” > “Personalization” > “Taskbar.”).But there are four other icons that can’t be removed but can be hidden. The Start menu icon is, as might be expected, unremovable. Most apps are simple to remove: just right-click on the icon and select “Unpin from taskbar.”Ī few of the icons take a little more effort to remove. You can also pin an app to your taskbar from the “All apps” menu. If you don’t see “Pin to taskbar” in the menu that pops up, then select “More” and you’ll see “Pin to taskbar.”