{"id":3285,"date":"2016-06-18T11:27:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T05:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2021-01-30T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T14:57:30","slug":"hide-taskbar-completely-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/hide-taskbar-completely-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide the Taskbar Completely using Shortcut in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you’re playing a game or using an application that’s better optimized for full-screen mode, the taskbar can be a distraction. You can set the taskbar to auto-hide using taskbar Properties or Settings window in Windows 10, by enabling “Auto-hide the taskbar” checkbox.<\/p>\n

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In Windows 10 Settings, the option is called Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode<\/strong>. With the taskbar auto-hide option enabled, when you move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen, the taskbar pops up automatically. Especially when gaming, you don’t want the taskbar to pop-up at all. This post tells you how to completely hide the taskbar in Windows 10 and earlier.<\/p>\n

How to Completely Hide the Taskbar?<\/h2>\n

NirCmd<\/a> is a multi-purpose command-line tool that can help you hide the taskbar or any program window. It can hide or show programs, based on the title bar text or Window class.<\/p>\n

The following command hides<\/strong> the Taskbar completely.<\/p>\n

\"handBefore hiding the Taskbar using NirCmd<\/a>, make sure you also enable the Auto-hide setting in Taskbar properties, so that the screen space occupied by the Taskbar can be utilized. Otherwise, space would appear blank and programs can’t use that screen space.<\/p>\n

nircmd.exe win hide class Shell_TrayWnd<\/pre>\n
To show the taskbar, use the show<\/b> option:<\/p>\n
nircmd.exe win show class Shell_TrayWnd<\/pre>\n
To show\/hide (toggle<\/strong>) the Taskbar, use this command-line:<\/p>\n
nircmd.exe win togglehide class Shell_TrayWnd<\/pre>\n
Shell_TrayWnd<\/code> is the Window class name for the taskbar. You may create a desktop shortcut(s) for the above, and assign hotkey as required. For example, Ctrl<\/kbd> + Alt<\/kbd> + T<\/kbd> to hide\/show. You can still access the Start menu by pressing F3<\/kbd> or WinKey<\/kbd>.<\/p>\n
See NirCmd<\/a>\u00a0Command Reference<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you’re playing a game or using an application that’s better optimized for full-screen mode, the taskbar can be a distraction. You can set the taskbar to auto-hide using taskbar Properties or Settings window in Windows 10, by enabling “Auto-hide the taskbar” checkbox.<\/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":[7],"tags":[335],"class_list":["post-3285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-nircmd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2364,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-taskbar-settings-to-defaults\/","url_meta":{"origin":3285,"position":0},"title":"How to Reset Taskbar Settings to Windows Defaults","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Corruption of Taskbar settings can cause it not to retain your customizations, such as auto-hide, icon size, or toolbar preferences. 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