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    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10

    How to Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10
    Published by Category: Customization
    21 Mar 2021
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10


    Windows 10 introduces a new feature called Task View. Task View is a virtual desktop manager that allows you to quickly switch between all of your open apps on multiple desktops. This makes multitasking and organizing with your opened apps much easier now.

    The Task View icon has been changed starting with Windows 10 build 17063.
    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10-task_view_icon_on_taskbar.png

    If you hide the Task View button, you will still be able to use Task View with keyboard shortcuts.

    This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the Task View button as needed on your taskbar in Windows 10.


    Contents

    • Option One: Hide or Show "Task View" Button on Taskbar using Taskbar Context Menu
    • Option Two: Hide or Show "Task View" Button on Taskbar using Taskbar Settings
    • Option Three: Hide or Show "Task View" Button on Taskbar using BAT File Download



    EXAMPLE: Hide or show Task View button on taskbar
    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10-task_view_on_taskbar.png






    OPTION ONE

    Hide or Show "Task View" Button on Taskbar in Taskbar Context Menu


    This option is no longer available starting with Windows 10 build 21337 and higher.

    If you have tablet mode turned on, then you will see this below when you right click on the taskbar instead.
    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10-right_click_taskbar_tablet_mode.jpg


    1 Right click or press and hold on the taskbar, and do step 2 or step 3 below.

     2. To Show "Task View" button on your Taskbar

    This is the default setting.

    A) Click/tap on Show Task View button to check it. (see screenshot below)


     3. To Hide "Task View" button on your Taskbar

    A) Click/tap on Show Task View button to uncheck it. (see screenshot below)
    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10-show_task_view_button.jpg






    OPTION TWO

    Hide or Show "Task View" Button on Taskbar using Taskbar Settings


    This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 21337 and higher.


    1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.

    2 Click/tap on Taskbar on the left side. (see screenshot below)

    3 Turn on (default) or off Show Task View button on the right side for what you want.

    4 You can now close Settings if you like.

    Hide or Show Task View Button on Taskbar in Windows 10-show_task_view_button_in_taskbar_settings.jpg






    OPTION THREE

    Hide or Show "Task view" Button on Taskbar using a BAT File Download


    The downloadable .bat files below are for the registry key and value below.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

    ShowTaskViewButton DWORD

    0 = Hide "Task view" button
    1 = Show "Task view" button


    1 Do step 2 (show) or step 3 (hide) below for what you would like to do.


    2 To Show "Task View" Button on your Taskbar

    This is the default setting.

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .bat file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Show_Task_view_on_Taskbar.bat

    Download


    3 To Hide "Task View" Button on your Taskbar

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .bat file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Hide_Task_view_on_Taskbar.bat

    Download


    4 Save the .bat file to your desktop, and run it.

    5 If prompted, click/tap on Run.

    If you like, you can stop getting the Run prompt by unblocking the downloaded .bat file.


    6 You will now notice your screen flicker as explorer is restarted.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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  2. Brink
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    Tutorial updated to add OPTION THREE. :)
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  4. Edwin
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    Hey Shawn,
    The DWORD in option three, (under 'Note'), should be 'Enabled' not 'AllUpView'
    Just sayin.
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  5. Brink
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    Oops. Thank you Edwin. :)
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  6. Edwin
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    No probs! :)
    I did it manually and it didn't work, so I thought... hey...
    You got one for the search entry too?
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  7. Brink
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       New #5

    Not for the context menu yet, but you can use the tutorial below to remove the Search button.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
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  8. Edwin
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    K, thanks.
    Great features and all, but, to be honest, I don't use either one of them! :)
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  9. djhnsn043
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    Is there a way to break the functionality of task view? That would totally solve the issue I am having with the swipe gesture. These seem like ways to hide it, but I want to disable it.
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  10. astrohart
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       New #8

    Hi,

    I am on Windows 10 Build 1803 (April 2018 Creators Update) and the steps in this article do not work.

    Output from running 'ver' in the cmd line: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.191]

    I even tried right clicking on the .bat files included in Option Three and saying "Run as Administrator."

    They restart Explorer, but the Task View button does not turn on (when running the 'Add_Task_view_on_Taskbar.bat' file) or off (when running the 'Remove_Task_view_on_Taskbar.bat' file).

    Is there a new change in the Creators Update?

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  12. Brink
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    Hello Brian, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    It appears that Option Three no longer works, so I have removed it.
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