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

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  1. Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar in Windows 10


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

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


    Cortana is your cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services. Depending on the capabilities of your device and the version of Cortana youre using, Cortana can provide a range of features, some of which are personalized. Cortana on Windows is available in certain regions and languages. If Cortana isnt available for your Windows device, you can still search for files on your device in the search box on the taskbar. Cortana is also available on other platforms, such as Android and iOS, in select markets.

    Starting with Search and Cortana buttons on the taskbar.

    Starting with Windows 10 build 18317, Microsoft will be decoupling Search and Cortana in the taskbar. This will enable each experience to innovate independently to best serve their target audiences and use cases. Some Insiders have had this update for a few weeks now. For those new to this update, when it rolls out to you, youll find clicking the search box in the taskbar now launches our experience focused on giving you the best in house search experience and clicking the Cortana icon will launch you straight into our voice-first digital assistant experience.

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


    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar from Taskbar Context Menu
    • Option Two: Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar using a REG file

    EXAMPLE: Separate Search and Cortana buttons on taskbar

    Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar in Windows 10 [​IMG]







    OPTION ONE [/i] Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar from Taskbar Context Menu
    1. Right click or press and hold on the taskbar.

    2. Click/tap on Show Cortana button to check (show - default) or uncheck (hide) it for what you want. (see screenshot below)


    Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar in Windows 10 [​IMG]






    OPTION TWO [/i] Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar using a REG file

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

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

    ShowCortanaButton DWORD

    0 = Hide
    1 = Show



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


    2. To Show Cortana Button on Taskbar
    *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.

    Show_Cortana_button_on_taskbar.reg

    Download

    3. To Hide Cortana Button on Taskbar
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Hide_Cortana_button_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. Either sign in to apply.

    8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

    That's it,
    Shawn


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    doriandiaconu, Dec 4, 2016
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  2. 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.
     
    Rohit Siddegowda, Oct 27, 2019
    #2
  3. 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.
     
    Billion Debbarma, Oct 27, 2019
    #3
  4. Junaid_A Win User

    Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar in Windows 10

    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.
     
    Junaid_A, Oct 27, 2019
    #4
  5. Brink Win User
    Next Windows 10 let you hide Search and Task View buttons


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    Brink, Oct 27, 2019
    #5
  6. Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10


    it didn't work here...

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    jhonatanjhs, Oct 27, 2019
    #6
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