Windows 10: Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar in Windows 10


Starting with People button on the taskbar notification area. Whether you want to share a photo, make plans for dinner, or get an answer from a friend or coworker My People is here to take it to the next level and bring the people you care about most to the center of your experience.

If you like, you can enable a policy that allows you to remove the People Bar from the taskbar and disables the My People experience.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the My People experience and People Bar on the taskbar for specific or all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the People Bar.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar for All Users using a REG file

EXAMPLE: My People experience and People Bar enabled and disabled



















OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar in Local Group Policy Editor

*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two.
1. Open the all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar. (See screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Start Menu and Taskbar, double click/tap on the Remove the People Bar from the taskbar policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable People Bar on Taskbar
A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable People Bar on Taskbar
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close Local Group Policy Editor if you like.

8. restart the computer to apply.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable People Bar on Taskbar for All Users using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

HidePeopleBar DWORD

(delete) = Enable
1 = Disable

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


2. To Enable Show People Bar on Taskbar for All Users
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_People_Bar_on_taskbar.reg

Download

3. To Disable People Bar on Taskbar for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_People_Bar_on_taskbar.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. restart the computer to apply.

8. You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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People Bar is not showing up.

Hi,

The missing People Bar could have been disabled when you turn off your computer. To properly diagnose this issue, we would like to know more about the issue by asking the following questions below:

• What is the last action taken before you turn off the computer?
  
• What build and version of Windows 10 do you have installed on your computer?
• Have you attempted to perform any of the troubleshooting steps?

To enable people icon on your taskbar, we suggest that you follow the steps provided below:

• Click on the Start button on Windows 10 and choose Settings.
• Next, open the Settings app and choose Personalization icon.
• select Taskbar to open all taskbar settings.
• Look for People section, turn on Show people on the taskbar to show the People bar from the taskbar.
  

We look forward to your response and for the results for us to assist you further.

 

People Bar is not showing up.

I have noticed that the options are greyed out, so i can't turn them on but throught the grey they are on. I think it has been locked on by admin since at the top it says "*Some settings are controlled by your administrator". I tried to turn it on and off
still but is hasn't worked.

 

PEOPLE app is disappeared from the Taskbar and how to get it back on the Taskbar?

Hi Dale,

Thank you for being part of the Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

I suggest you to Repin the People app to the Taskbar and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

• Type People in the search bar.
• Right click on the People and select Pin to Taskbar option.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Clear "Pin suggested" list in People Bar


Does anybody know how to clear the "Pin suggested" list on the "People bar"?

Contacts are added to the "Pin suggested" list once you've pinned and unpinned them. But there seems to be no obvious way to remove them from that list.

After playing around with this feature and pinning and unpinning many dummy contacts, it's rather annoying to see them in the "Pin suggested" list when you click on the "My People" icon in the taskbar.

 

Enable Back Taskbar

Possibly you are referring to
Enable or Disable Pinned Apps on Taskbar in Windows
Enable or Disable Pin and Unpin Apps on Taskbar in Windows

A searchable list is useful to bookmark:
Windows 10 Tutorial Index

Also note that most tutorials have a list of related tutorials immediately following the main text. Thus if you find one on 'taskbar' you can go the the list in that tutorial and find relevant ones quickly.