{"id":1402,"date":"2015-12-31T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T08:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2022-05-08T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T10:22:38","slug":"get-back-classic-tray-clock-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/get-back-classic-tray-clock-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Back the Classic Tray Clock in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The notification area clock (commonly known as the tray clock) user interface has changed in Windows 10, and old analog clock is gone. If you&#8217;re not very fond of the new clock and want the old analog version, you can revert back to the pre-Windows 10 style classic clock by employing a small registry edit.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The registry value doesn&#8217;t work in Windows 10 version 1607 and higher.)<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w10-clock-1.png\" width=\"398\" height=\"575\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To bring back the old clock, start <b>Regedit.exe<\/b> and navigate to the following branch:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ImmersiveShell<\/pre>\n<p>Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named <code>UseWin32TrayClockExperience<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Double-click <code>UseWin32TrayClockExperience<\/code>, and set its data to <code>1<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Exit the Registry Editor. This change works instantly, requiring no reboot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w10-clock-2.png\" width=\"379\" height=\"331\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The notification area clock (commonly known as the tray clock) user interface has changed in Windows 10, and old analog clock is gone. If you&#8217;re not very fond of the new clock and want the old analog version, you can revert back to the pre-Windows 10 style classic clock by employing a small registry edit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[874,441],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-classic","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4312,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/show-seconds-taskbar-clock-showsecondsinsystemclock\/","url_meta":{"origin":1402,"position":0},"title":"How to Show Seconds in Taskbar Clock","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"You can now configure Windows 10 or 11 to display seconds in the taskbar's notification area clock without using a third-party program. 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