{"id":7891,"date":"2026-03-21T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/7891\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:46:11","slug":"windows-11-is-finally-getting-a-movable-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/7891\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s taken almost five years, but Microsoft is finally bringing back the ability to move the Windows taskbar to the top or sides of your screen. The movable taskbar is part of some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/897834\/microsoft-windows-11-quality-performance-commitments-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much bigger changes coming to Windows 11<\/a> this year in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/870045\/microsoft-windows-11-issues-rebuilding-trust-notepad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">growing criticism<\/a> of the operating system\u2019s performance, reliability, and user experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cRepositioning the taskbar is one of the top asks we\u2019ve heard from you,\u201d says Windows chief Pavan Davuluri. \u201cWe are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen, making it easier to personalize your workspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">This taskbar change will be available to Windows Insiders in the coming weeks, before rolling out to all Windows 11 users later this year. Microsoft is also working on a smaller taskbar that will be available as an option later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Windows has had a movable taskbar for decades, but Windows 11 removed this functionality at launch in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/9\/14\/22673266\/microsoft-windows-11-taskbar-features-missing-design-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I initially hated the new Windows 11 taskbar<\/a> because it lacked functionality like displaying the time and date on multiple monitors, small icons, or the ability to move the taskbar around. The taskbar was so bad because Microsoft rebuilt it for Windows 10X, which was originally going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/10\/2\/20889000\/microsoft-surface-neo-windows-10x-hands-on-features-price-photos-release-date\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">run on dual-screen devices<\/a> before being reworked into Windows 11 for laptops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft has been steadily bringing back most of the good parts of the Windows 10 taskbar, and it also recently started <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/windows-itpro-blog\/evolving-windows-new-copilot-and-ai-experiences-at-ignite-2025\/4469466#cw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testing an agenda calendar view<\/a> in the Windows 11 notification center. This was also removed from Windows 11, despite being part of Windows 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s taken almost five years, but Microsoft is finally bringing back the ability to move the Windows taskbar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,3244,9,976,7,3666],"class_list":{"0":"post-7891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-microsoft","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-windows"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116266531712313685","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}