Remove Show Desktop Button Windows 10

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How To Show Desktop In Windows 10

ask View is one of the most popular feature of Windows 10 which allows users to utilize virtual desktops. Through Task View, users can open and switch between multiple virtual desktops where each runs different applications. Virtual desktop is useful for power and advanced users who need a way to declutter the desktop when opening many apps at the same time.

Windows 10 built-in support for virtual desktop is Task View. By default, the Task View icon is shown on the Taskbar for quick access to desktop switching and management (adding or removal). But if you are not using virtual desktop, Task View button is useless.

Here’s how to use it to remove 'Show Desktop' button from Windows 10 taskbar: Download the freeware 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (about 1.2Mb) and save it to your Windows 10 computer. After the download is complete, double-click the setup file to install it. Show Show Desktop will Show the button. Hide Show desktop will Hide the button. Does not require user to have app running all the time and button will not reappear until you want it to. Hide Show Desktop on System Startup will hide the button and when you boot your system will hide the button then exit.

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Here’s how to hide and remove the Task View button on the Windows 10’s Taskbar:

Right click on any empty space or the Task View button itself on the Taskbar, and then deselect the Show Task View button.

That’s it. To re-enable and show or unhide the Task View button, just reselect the same “Show Task View button” option.

If you have to modify the setting manually in registry, browse to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced

Look for a DWORD value named ShowTaskViewButton. By default, the value data is “1” for showing the Task View button on the Taskbar. Change it to 0 to hide it from Taskbar.

Remove Show Desktop Button Windows 10 Free

During the development of Windows 10, the hiding of Task View button was done via the “Enabled” value in following registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMultiTaskingViewAllUpView