Need Clear Taskbar on Windows 11 PC? 3 Best and Simple Hacks
Do you love to personalize your Windows 11 computer a lot to flaunt your creativity and computer tech skills? Then, you should also get a clear taskbar on Windows 11 PC to amaze your friends, social media followers, or live streaming subscribers.
Microsoft has removed various taskbar modification features in its latest Windows iteration, the Windows 11 operating system. However, there are some simple hacks that you can try to customize the taskbar including making it transparent. Read on to learn some of these magical hacks and share these with your peers.
1. Get a Clear Taskbar Using Personalization
You can get a basic amount of transparency in the taskbar by following these steps:
- Open the Settings app from Start Menu.
- Select Personalization from the left-side navigation pane.
- Now, choose the Colors menu from the right-side panel.
- Select Light in the Choose your mode section.
- Enable Transparency effects by sliding the radio button to the right side.
- Also, select the Automatic option for Accent color.
You should see a translucent taskbar instantly after performing the above-mentioned steps.
2. Get a Clear Taskbar Using Accessibility
You’ll also find an option to personalize the transparency effects of some windows from the Accessibility menu. Here is how:
- Press Windows+I to bring up the Windows 11 Settings app.
- On the left-side navigation, you’ll see Accessibility. Click on that.
- Select Visual effects on the right-side menu.
- Slide the radio button to the right to enable the Transparency effects option.
Just like the previous method, changes will become effective instantly.
3. Make a Clear Taskbar From Registry Editor App
Windows Registry editor app stores all the low-level Windows settings. You can tweak those settings by changing their binary values from the respective registry file. We’ll apply this tactic to get more transparency in the taskbar. Follow along with these steps:
- Press Windows+R and then type in regedit.
- Hit Enter to access the Registry Editor App.
- Now, double-click on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry folder to open the tree.
- Keep double-clicking on the following folders in the order they appear until you reach the Advanced folder: SOFTWARE> Microsoft> Windows> CurrentVersion> Explorer.
- Alternatively, copy and paste this registry folder address into the address bar of the Registry Editor app:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
- Inside the Advanced folder, right-click on any white space.
- Hover the cursor over New to reveal a context menu.
- Click on DWORD (32-bit) Value to add a registry file named New Value #1.
- Rename it to UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency.
- Double-click on the newly created file and change the Value data from 0 to 1.
- Click Ok to save the changes.
- Close the Registry Editor app.
- Open Task Manager and then scroll down until you find Windows Explorer.
- Right-click on Windows Explorer and select Restart from the context menu.
Wait for the Windows Explorer app to reboot. Once done, you should see an increase in taskbar transparency.
Final Thoughts
In Windows 11, there’s no simple way to get a completely transparent taskbar unless you tweak the Windows Registry values. You can, however, go with the Accessibility and Personalization settings if you’re happy with a less translucent taskbar.
If you’re okay with installing third-party taskbar customization apps from Microsoft Store, then you can get help from apps like TranslucentTB, Transparent Taskbar, TaskbarX, etc. These apps help you get a completely translucent taskbar with minimum effort.
