

Follow these steps to display the overflow icons: Open Start to open Settings. Scroll down to Taskbar corner overflow and select the drop-down menu.

Press and hold or right-click any empty space on the taskbar and select Taskbar settings.įind the app you want to hide and select Off. The notification area is located at the right end of the taskbar. Under this strange name we find the function that allows you to display icons on the right side of the screen, such as the time and date, battery status, volume level and Wi-Fi status, among others. It contains icons you might find yourself selecting or pressing pretty often: battery, Wi-Fi, volume, Clock and Calendar, and action center. The small pop-up menu when we click on the arrow pointing up, which is to the left of these icons, is called an overflow. It provides status and notifications about things like incoming email, updates, and network connectivity. You can change which icons and notifications appear in the notification area, or even hide some. To change how icons and notifications appear Tap or click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area.

Press and hold or right-click any empty space on the taskbar, then tap or click Taskbar settings. To customize your taskbar, choose Select which icons appear on the taskbar, then select specific icons you don’t want to see on the taskbar-we’ll just move them into the overflow area so they're out of sight. To hide an icon from the taskbar notification area To turn system icons on or off, select Turn system icons on or off, then select On or Off to set which icons appear. In the notification area on the taskbar, select or press the icon that you want to hide and start dragging it.
