Make sure you’re opening Settings, denoted by the grey cog, not Control Panel, as these both offer different settings.
You can pick from the displayed colours, or choose ‘Customised Colours’ to make your own.
Your computer may lag a little when you click this. Give it a few seconds and it should catch up.
You should see a single option called ‘Taskbar Settings’. If this doesn’t appear, try again.
This should be the last option on the page.
You can choose to align your taskbar apps to the left or the centre, depending on your personal preference. You can choose to automatically hide your taskbar when you’re not using it, to free up screen space. Check the box next to ‘Automatically hide the taskbar’ You can choose to show or hide notification badges on the taskbar. If you have more than one display, you can configure your taskbar’s interactions with the additional screens. Check the box on the final option to click in the lower right corner of your screen, to minimise all apps and view the desktop.
To remove an application from the taskbar, right-click on it and select ‘Unpin from taskbar’
You should see a single option called ‘Taskbar Settings’. If this doesn’t appear, try again.
You can toggle the icons for ‘Search’, ‘Task view’, ‘Widgets’ and ‘Chat’ on or off, depending on your personal preference and whether or not you use these programs.
