Note that, the same trick also works on Windows 8.1 as well. Once all set, make sure right-click the Taskbar again and Lock the taskbar so you don’t accidentally move it again. Right-click on any empty area of the taskbar and choose Taskbar Settings. Speaking of Auto-hide the Taskbar, you can enable it by checking Auto-hide option in Taskbar and Start Menu properties. Right-click the taskbar and turn off the Lock the taskbar option.Then, you can grab the taskbar in an empty area and drag it to any edge of your display.The other way to change the taskbar location is through the settings interface. If you are using dual-monitor setup, you can even have one Taskbar pinned at the left and the other stay at the bottom, like below:Īnd if you have the Taskbar set in Auto-hide mode, you can still change the location of the Taskbar and keep it hidden in the new location. The screenshot below shows that I have placed my Taskbar at the left side of my screen. If that doesn’t work, sometimes toggling auto-hide does. Now I just right-click the task bar, go to Taskbar Settings, and toggle the Show taskbar on all displays setting.

Then, once the Taskbar in unlock mode, you can left-click and hold an empty spot on Taskbar and drag it into one of the 4 side positions. I’ve found an easier way to fix this in Windows 10, one that doesn’t involve restarting the explorer process. And here is how you can do it.įirst of all, right-click the empty space on Taskbar and select Lock all taskbars if it’s checked, to unlock the Taskbar. Taskbar is made flexible and can be placed around any side of your screen, top, bottom, left or right. However, you don’t have to stay with the default if you don’t like it. The default location for the Taskbar in Windows is at the bottom of the screen.

Windows 10 taskbar stays on top