How to move the Windows 11 Taskbar left or right and customize

You’re likely playing with Windows 11 if you are one of many users who finally use it There are new features available.

The ability to move the Windows 11 Taskbar left/right, as well as how to customize the Windows 11 Taskbar in other ways is one of the most important features that you might want to explore. You’ll find out how to do it in this tutorial.

How to move the Windows 11 Taskbar left

The main taskbar icons at the bottom are located in the center of your desktop. This is something you probably noticed when you first launched Windows 11.

There are two options in the taskbar settings to adjust the positions where app icons and the start menu icon appear. These icons can be placed either to the left, or the right, depending on whether the date, time, and system icons appear at the top.

Are you happy with the default left position for both the Start menu or app icons? It is very easy to do this.  

1. Select the option you want to use by right-clicking on the taskbar Taskbar settings.

2. Scroll down in the Taskbar Settings window to the section “Taskbar behavior” and make changes to the selection Taskbar alignment From the Center Left.

3. Please close this menu.  

You should have seen that all icons for the Taskbar and the Start menu are aligned now on the left-hand side of your taskbar after you had changed their settings.

You can now stop reading this article if you feel this is enough. If you would like to place these however, taskbar icons Continue reading to learn how you can place the icon in another location on your computer or customize it further.

Moving the Windows 11 Taskbar up to the top of the Desktop

You can place the taskbar in any other position on your desktop if the flexibility of the taskbar’s left- or right-center location is not enough.

This is possible with just a few simple steps registry hack. 

1. Click the Start menu and type Regedit, Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3.
3. Double-click the Settings Register key, then double-click on the 5th column of the 2nd row.  

You can type any one of these values to change the position where you wish to place the taskbar.

• 00: Left side
• 01: At the top of your screen
• 02: Right side
• 03: The bottom of the screen
• Click the Start menu and type Settings, Click on the Settings icon. 
• Select Personalization You can find it in the menu to your left.
• Scroll down, and choose Taskbar Place the correct pane.
• Use the Taskbar items Section to toggle on or off whether any of these items should appear in your taskbar: Windows Search, Task View, Widgets or Teams Chat.
• Continue scrolling down to see the section titled “Taskbar corner icon sections”. You can disable or enable the pen icon or touch keyboard icons, as well as the virtual touchpad icon in the taskbar.
• Scroll down to “Taskbar behaviours” to change taskbar alignment, to enable icons for unread mail, to allow multiple display options, to share windows, or to customize your desktop display.