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If you’re the type that feels that the taskbar in Windows 11 takes up too much visual space, here’s how you can hide it. Simply move the mouse to the taskbar, select “Taskbar settings” – and when this comes up, simply scroll down to the “Taskbar behaviors” section, left-click that, and then you’ll see an option called “Automatically hide the taskbar”. Just select that, and you’ll notice the taskbar immediately disappeared at the bottom. To make it re-appear, I have to move the mouse down here. So again, I’ll move the mouse away – it hides, move the mouse back, it comes back up.
I’m going to close this window now. When I close that window, the taskbar came back up, and it’s not leaving. Well, that’s because it thinks it’s in focus – there’s a bit of nuance to how the taskbar auto-hide works, but once thing I can tell you – when it’s in this state, if you click on the desktop, it’s going to hide again. Because it thinks you’re focusing on what’s on the desktop. It no longer thinks you’re interested in what’s happening in the taskbar.
You can also press the Windows button, for example, and that will make the taskbar re-appear. Let’s say I press it again, it will disappear. You’ll learn more about this as you use it, it’s typically for people that want to see their wallpaper at all times, and want the least visual clutter possible.