The Windows taskbar is perhaps the most important part of the operating system, the one from which you can launch your favorite programs, the one where the clock is located and the notification area, the one where there are the Start buttons and, only in Windows 10, also the search and open windows ones.
However, if you work on small screens like those of laptops, the taskbar occupies precious visual space on the shorter side of the screen.
Fortunately, Windows offers two alternatives to overcome this problem, move the bar to the side or hide it and make it disappear from view.
The first solution is ideal for large and large screens, the second solution is the best for laptops, since having the desktop taskbar always in view is superfluous.
We have already written a guide on how to move the Windows taskbar to the side .
In this article we will therefore find out how to hide the taskbar on the desktop and make sure that when you move the mouse down it appears automatically .
To hide the taskbar in Windows 10 you have to open the Start menu, go to Settings by pressing the gear button and access the Personalization section.
In the panel on the left side of the screen, choose Taskbar and then activate the option on the right "Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode".
The taskbar will disappear from the screen, but can still be used by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen.
in Windows 10, the Taskbar section of the Settings has some other useful options including that of hiding the bar in tablet mode, one to reduce the size of the buttons and make it smaller and then also those to move it and to use it in case use multiple screens.
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To hide the taskbar in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, you must instead press the right mouse button on an empty space of the bar in order to access the Properties .
In the first tab of options is the one to hide the taskbar which can then be activated to save space on the desktop.
Again the taskbar reappears each time you move the mouse to the side of its position which, by default, is at the bottom.
READ ALSO: Windows taskbar tricks (TaskBar)
However, if you work on small screens like those of laptops, the taskbar occupies precious visual space on the shorter side of the screen.
Fortunately, Windows offers two alternatives to overcome this problem, move the bar to the side or hide it and make it disappear from view.
The first solution is ideal for large and large screens, the second solution is the best for laptops, since having the desktop taskbar always in view is superfluous.
We have already written a guide on how to move the Windows taskbar to the side .
In this article we will therefore find out how to hide the taskbar on the desktop and make sure that when you move the mouse down it appears automatically .
To hide the taskbar in Windows 10 you have to open the Start menu, go to Settings by pressing the gear button and access the Personalization section.
In the panel on the left side of the screen, choose Taskbar and then activate the option on the right "Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode".
The taskbar will disappear from the screen, but can still be used by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen.
in Windows 10, the Taskbar section of the Settings has some other useful options including that of hiding the bar in tablet mode, one to reduce the size of the buttons and make it smaller and then also those to move it and to use it in case use multiple screens.
READ ALSO: Customize the Windows taskbar in 10 ways
To hide the taskbar in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, you must instead press the right mouse button on an empty space of the bar in order to access the Properties .
In the first tab of options is the one to hide the taskbar which can then be activated to save space on the desktop.
Again the taskbar reappears each time you move the mouse to the side of its position which, by default, is at the bottom.
READ ALSO: Windows taskbar tricks (TaskBar)
