Hiding labels for certain programs on the taskbar

label are an all or nothing option on the taskbar. I think if you want to make some appear and others hidden, you'd have to look third party app. And there I've no clue as to whether such an app exists or not.

Good luck.

You could 'minimise to tray' - so the icon then appears in the tray with no label. Some 3rd party programs expose this option- e.g. in the drop-down list when rt clicking the title bar. However the GUI would not be visible until you click the tray icon.

Would that help?

Remove the expanded icons on the taskbar. Just point to the condensed icons and they will popup larger icons that show you what each one is and make it easy to pick the one you want. That's what I do:

Ztruker said:

Remove the expanded icons on the taskbar. Just point to the condensed icons and they will popup larger icons that show you what each one is and make it easy to pick the one you want. That's what I do:

The way he came across I didn't even consider that suggestion as that's what I do. His complaint, as I understand it, is that he only wanted certain icons to have names, while others did not...

GarrukApex said:

Is there any way to make it so that certain apps don't show labels, and the rest of my applications do? I've been looking for a while and I haven't found any similar questions.

BTW When you say "Remove the expanded icons on the taskbar" I assume you mean going to the Taskbar properties and under the "Combine taskbar buttons" dropdown box choosing "Always, hide labels"?

There is an idea here that might be of interest:
windows 7 - Hiding the Taskbar Label Only for Specific Applications - Super User
- possibly the detail at the bottom.

This program does work in Win 10.

@sygnus21,

BTW When you say "Remove the expanded icons on the taskbar" I assume you mean going to the Taskbar properties and under the "Combine taskbar buttons" dropdown box choosing "Always, hide labels"?

yes, that is exactly what I meant. Thanks for clarifying.