How to Turn On or Off Hide Task Manager Taskbar Icon when Minimized in Windows 10


Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, users, processes details, and services in Windows 10.

When you minimize Task Manager, it's icon will still show on the taskbar and notification area by default.

If you like, you can hide the Task Manager taskbar icon when you minimize Task Manager to only have the Task Manager notification icon show instead. You can double click/tap on the notification icon to restore the minimized Task Manager.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off hide Task Manager taskbar icon when minimized for your account in Windows 10.

For a Windows 11 version of this tutorial, see:

Turn On or Off Hide when Minimized for Task Manager in Windows 11

Contents

• Option One: Turn On or Off Hide Task Manager Taskbar Icon when Minimized using Keyboard Shortcut
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Hide Task Manager Taskbar Icon when Minimized in Task Manager

EXAMPLE: Task Manager taskbar icon and notification icon

OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Hide Task Manager Taskbar Icon when Minimized using Keyboard Shortcut

1 Open Task Manager in more details view.

2 Press the Alt + O keys to open the "Options" menu and then press the H key to toggle Hide when minimized checked (on) or unchecked (off-default) for what you want.

OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Hide Task Manager Taskbar Icon when Minimized in Task Manager

1 Open Task Manager in more details view.

2 Click/tap on Options in the menu bar, and click/tap on Hide when minimized to check (on) or uncheck (off-default) it for what you want. (see screenshot below)

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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