Show / Hide / Combine Taskbar Labels In Windows

Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers Last Updated: May 19, 2022

Software: Windows 7, 8 & 10 | Last modified on 2018-06-18

A few quick steps to changing the taskbar settings for showing or hiding labels.

[Solution 1] Windows 10 Taskbar


  1. Right click on the Taskbar and select Settings.
  2. Change the Combine taskbar buttons option to When taskbar is full or Never
  3. Change the Taskbar location on screen option if you wish to move the taskbar somewhere else.
  4. The new settings will be applied instantly.

[Solution 2] Windows 7 & 8 Taskbar


  1. Right click on the Taskbar and select Properties.
  2. Alternatively, open the Control Panel, click Personalisation and select Taskbar and Start menu.
  3. Under Taskbar appearance, change the Taskbar buttons option to When taskbar is full or Never
  4. Change the Taskbar location on screen option if you wish to move the taskbar somewhere else.
  5. Click OK to save the new settings.

[Solution 3] Reset the Taskbar settings


  1. Open Run and execute Regedit.
  2. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics.
  3. Search for the MinWidth key and delete it.
  4. Restart the computer to load the default taskbar settings.


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Dave Eggers is the author of ten books, including most recently Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?, The Circle and A Hologram for the King, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeney’s also publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of eight tutoring centers around the country and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connec


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