Windows 10: Windows 11 update enlarged my taskbar. How do I make it smaller again?

Hello All,I minimized my taskbar months ago by way of editing the registry. About a week or so ago, I allowed Windows to update and after it restarted, my taskbar appears to have gone back to its original sizesetting.I went back into the registry to once again, make the taskbar smaller but the value is already set to zero '0'. So that makes me believe that Windows never reverted the value back to '1' and if that is the case, that would mean that this new 'updated' size that I see here, is now the minimized size for the taskbar. And I really can't see that being the case because it's rather s

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Enlarge Taskbar

Just purchased a new HP laptop w/ Windows 11 & have been told that one cannot enlarge the taskbar. Surely Microsoft wouldn’t discriminate against the visually impaired. Can anyone confirm whether this is true?

 

How to change the size of taskbar icons in Windows 11

No, Smaller Taskbar or smaller icons are not supported yet in Windows 11.

List of Changed or removed features/functionalities in Windows 11 - Microsoft Community

 

taskbar smaller

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want to make Taskbar Smaller. I’ll certainly assist you with the details.



To make the Taskbar smaller, you can use the Small Taskbar buttons option and see if that helps. To do this, refer the section
Use smaller or larger taskbar buttons mentioned in the article
How to use the taskbar in Windows 10.



Let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator