Windows 10: Hide or Show Touchpad Button on Taskbar in Windows 10

How to: Hide or Show Touchpad Button on Taskbar in Windows 10

How to Hide or Show Touchpad Button on Taskbar in Windows 10


Starting with Windows Ink Workspace does), and tapping on it will bring it up the virtual touchpad.

Starting with Windows 10 build 15019, the look of the Virtual Touchpad has been adjusted to make the left/right buttons more visible.

The touchpad button is only supported on any PC (ex: tablet or laptop) that has a touchscreen.

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the touchpad button on the taskbar notification area for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Hide or Show Touchpad Button in Taskbar Context Menu
• Option Two: To Hide or Show Touchpad Button in Settings
• Option Three: To Hide or Show Touchpad Button using a BAT file

EXAMPLE: Touchpad button on taskbar and virtual touchpad









OPTION ONE [/i] To Hide or Show Touchpad Button in Taskbar Context Menu
1. Right click or press and hold on the taskbar, and click/tap on Show touchpad button to toggle it to show (checked) or hide (unchecked - default). (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] To Hide or Show Touchpad Button in Settings
1. Turn on or off the Touchpad system icon for what you want. (see screenshot below)

For how, see: How to Turn Taskbar Notification Area System Icons On or Off in Windows 10









OPTION THREE [/i] To Hide or Show Touchpad Button using a BAT file

*note The downloadable .bat files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Touchpad

TouchpadDesiredVisibility DWORD

0 = Off - hide
1 = On - show


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


2. To Show Touchpad Button on Taskbar
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Show_Touchpad_button_on_taskbar.bat

Download

3. To Hide Touchpad Button on Taskbar
*note 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.

Hide_Touchpad_button_on_taskbar.bat

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

5. Unblock the .bat file.

6. Run the .bat file.

7. You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly opens and closes as explorer is restarted to apply the registry changes.

8. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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how to effectively hide or disable the taskbar?

Hi,



Did you try the “Auto-hide the taskbar” option from Taskbar properties?



If you have not tried it, I would suggest you to follow these steps and auto-hide the taskbar:

• Right click on Taskbar.
• Click on Properties
• Check the box Auto-hide the taskbar.
• Click on OK.

Hope this information helps.

 

How to show/hide taskbar

Hi Lisa,



Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting your query.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you to fix the issue.

Let’s try the simple steps and check if that helps.

• 
  Right click on the task bar and click on properties.
  
• 
  To hide the task bar you can check on the box Auto-hide taskbar.
  
  Or
  
• 
  To reduce the taskbar size you can check on the box Use small taskbar button.
  
• 
  Now click on Apply and Ok.
  

Hope it helps. Keep posting us with the status we will be glad to help you.

 

Hide taskbar labels - Windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



You may try the steps listed below and check if it works:

• Right click a blank area on the taskbar and choose
  Taskbar Settings.
  
• Under Combine Taskbar Buttons, choose
  Always, hide labels.
  
• Exit Settings.
  

You may also go through How to use the taskbar
for further help.



Hope it helps.

 

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Windows 10 taskbar won't hide

I tried the procedure above three times. I restarted in between each try. These instructions do NOT work in Windows 10.

PLEASE FIX THIS PROBELM WITH AN UPDATE.