How to Turn On or Off Minimize on use for Task Manager 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 Switch to a running process from the Processes tab in Task Manager, Task Manager will minimize to the taskbar by default.

Using Switch to on Microsoft Store apps will not minimize Task Manager even with Minimize on use turned on.


This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off minimize Task Manager on use of switch to process for your account in Windows 10.


For a Windows 11 version of this tutorial, see:

Turn On or Off Minimize on Use for Task Manager in Windows 11



Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Minimize on use for Task Manager using Keyboard Shortcut
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Minimize on use for Task Manager in Task Manager



EXAMPLE: Switch to process in Task Manager
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OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Minimize on use for Task Manager 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 M key to toggle Minimize on use checked (on-default) or unchecked (off) for what you want.






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Minimize on use for Task Manager in Task Manager


1 Open Task Manager in more details view.

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

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


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