Aug 03, 2020 Can’t unpin icon from Taskbar in Windows 10. If you’re unable to remove or unpin a program icon from Windows 10 Taskbar, here are some suggestions you may use to fix this problem. 2 ways to remove desktop icons on Windows 10: Way 1: Remove desktop icons from the desktop context menu. Right-click any blank area on the desktop, point at View in the context menu and tap Show desktop icons to deselect it, as shown in the following screen shot.

We're running a VDI environment running Win 10 Ent (1703), and I'd like to remove Edge and the Mail app from the taskbar. On 1703, the only way I'm seeing to achieve this is to create an XML file to set the taskbar icons for all users. Doing so, however, will remove user's pinned apps and will force the new taskbar layout each time a user logs in. If you cannot or are unable to unpin a Taskbar icon or remove a Progam icon from the Taskbar in Windows 10, then read this post to solve the problem. Apr 19, 2017 Earlier today I got a question on how to remove the default Windows Store and Mail icons from the taskbar in Windows 10 v1703. The answer is simply, use a group policy. Remove the Mail icon. Removing the Mail icon can be done by applying a custom taskbar XML file via group policy. Here is an example.

So you’re using Windows 10now and was impressed of the improvements and changes that were implemented in this new operating system version! How does this brand new OS from Microsoft compare to its predecessors? Different people can have varied answers depending on what feature of the “best Window yet” has captivated their attention and while there are some aspects of Windows 10 which are just carried over from old Windows editions, the fact that there’s just a very minimal negative review about it proves that it is way much better than any other Windows version that have been released before.

So let’s start talking more about some productivity tips this time and try to place some of your important shortcuts, programs, apps and as well as provide quick access to folders and other important stuff in one location where you can easily launch or open them. The feature that we are actually referring to is the Taskbar and in this tutorial, we will be taking you through the steps involved in removing some items in it and as well as moving them somewhere within the Taskbar in order to give space to more important shortcuts and icons that you want to place on more important spots.

What’s New With the Taskbar in Windows 10?

Apart from the Start Button being brought back in Windows 10’s Taskbar. There are some other improvements to it that will surely be very obvious especially to those who have been using Windows for a very long time. Let’s start with the items on its left-hand portion. The very first item that you would see at the extreme-left end of the Taskbar is the Start Button of course just like how it appeared in older Windowseditions except Windows 8 and next to it, you should be able to see a new addition which is called the Search box as highlighted on the screenshot below.

Next to the Search box is another new icon or feature that will surely boost your productivity or even provide a quarantine location for any program or game that bothers you when you are trying to do some serious work. This feature is called “Task View” and it also contains another awesome and brand new tool in it which is called the “Virtual Desktop”. The “Task View” icon is highlighted below.

Turning the Search Box into an Icon

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Microsoft’sinitiative to put the Search feature on to the Taskbar is really something that most wouldn’t find hard to appreciate but the problem is it just takes too much space especially if you are using a computer that has a small screen. If you want to reduce the size of the Search feature then you can simply turn it into an icon. To do this, you will simply need to right-click on an empty space of the Taskbar and after doing so, a right-click menu will appear which looks like the one shown below.

On this right-click menu, you will need to point the mouse or tap on the option that says “Search” and once you do so, another box will appear which will now contain the tweaks that you can do to the Search box. Since we are trying to make the Search box transform into an icon, the “Show search icon” option is the one that we need to select. Once it gets selected, it will have a check mark on its left side which indicates that it is currently activated.

Once the Search icon is activated, you will now have more space which you can use for some other items and shortcuts that are more important and the Taskbar will now look exactly like the one shown below. We have highlighted the Search icon for your reference.

Removing the Search Feature Totally

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Now, if you really feel like you don’t need to Search feature on the Taskbar then you can choose to remove it completely instead of just reducing it into an icon. To do this, simply perform the same steps as we have shown above and when you reach the stage where you have already pointed on the “Search” option and the other options box have already appeared, simply hit the “Hidden” option in it as highlighted on the screenshot below.

How To Remove Icons From Taskbar

The Search icon will then disappear from the Taskbar and you can now have more space for the more important items that you want to pin into the Taskbar.

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What About the Task View Icon?

Next to the Search box/icon is the Task View icon which is more useful than the former. However, if you still feel like you don’t really need such feature to be sitting on the Taskbar of your Windows 10 computer then you can simply choose to remove it completely. Doing this tweak is very simple and again, you will need to right-click on an empty space of the Taskbar in order to access the same right-click menu that we have pulled-up earlier.

Once this menu appears, just click on the “Show Task View button” option and the Task Viewicon should instantly disappear from the Taskbar!

NOTE:

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Unlike all the other pinned items which can be moved to interchange their locations on the Taskbar, the Search and Task View icons cannot so you technically can’t click-and-hold any one of them in order to be moved somewhere else on the Taskbar. Your only choice of getting rid of them is by completely hiding/removing them from your machine’s Taskbar.

Removing Other Items from the Taskbar

Next, if there are still some other icons on the Taskbar that are pinned but you feel like you don’t really need them to be there then you can simply unpin them and again, doing so is pretty simple. To accomplish this, all you need to do is right-click on the icon that you want to unpin and right after you do so, a menu will appear where you will need to click on the option that says “Unpin this program from taskbar” as highlighted on the screenshot below.

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Interchanging Location of Icons on the Taskbar

Finally, before we proceed to our next tutorial which will show the steps in pinning different items into the Taskbar in Windows 10, we will be learning another adjustment that you can do with the icons that’s remaining on the it. If you want to arrange the icons from most important to least important (left to right), you can simply click-and-hold each one of them then drag them to the location where you want them to be in within the Taskbar.

Not Much Change for a Mainstay Feature

As you can see, Microsoft has preserved much of the tweaks, settings and other features that are found on the Taskbar in Windows 10 with a few improvements of course to accommodate the modern environment and the brand new additions to it such as the Search and the Task View features. Now that you have learned how to clear some space on your machine’s Taskbar, it is time to proceed to our next tutorial where you will learn how to pin items into this feature on your Windows 10 computer!