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How to Remove Search and Task View Icons from Windows 10 Taskbar?
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<blockquote data-quote="BoraMurdar" data-source="post: 296176" data-attributes="member: 2291"><p>If you are using recently released <strong><a href="http://www.askvg.com/all-about-windows-9-or-windows-threshold/" target="_blank">Windows 10</a></strong> Technical Preview build or if you are regularly following our blog, you might be aware of the new <strong>Search</strong> and <strong>Task View</strong> (aka <strong>Multiple</strong> or<strong>Virtual Desktops</strong>) icons which have been added to <strong>Windows 10 Taskbar</strong>.</p><p></p><p>These two icons can't be removed or moved. There is no built-in option to hide or remove these two buttons from Windows 10 Taskbar. Also you can't change their positions i.e. reorder the icons on Taskbar. They are just stuck next to the <a href="http://www.askvg.com/windows-10-start-menu-review-tips-n-tricks-and-customization/" target="_blank">Start Menu</a> on Windows 10 Taskbar.</p><p></p><p>Many Windows users have complained about these 2 unnecessary icons on Taskbar as there are many places and shortcuts to use Search app and we can always use WIN+TAB keys together to launch Task View feature. So basically these 2 icons are useless to many people and are wasting space on Taskbar.</p><p></p><p>Although Microsoft didn't provide any way to get rid of these 2 icons from Taskbar, today in this tutorial we are going to share simple <strong>Registry tweaks to disable Search and Task View icons on Windows 10 Taskbar</strong>.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Search_Task_View_Buttons_Removed_Windows_10_Taskbar.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you also want to remove Search and Task View buttons, just follow these simple steps:</p><p></p><p><strong>A. Remove Search Icon from Windows 10 Taskbar:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>1.</strong> Type <strong>regedit</strong> in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open <strong>Registry Editor</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>2.</strong> Now go to following key:</p><p></p><p>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion</p><p></p><p><strong>3.</strong> Create a new key under <strong>CurrentVersion</strong> key and set its name as <strong>Search</strong></p><p></p><p>So the final key path would be:</p><p></p><p>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search</p><p></p><p><strong>4.</strong> Now select <strong>Search</strong> key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD <strong>EnableProactive</strong> and set its value to <strong>0</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Remove_Search_Icon_Windows_10_Taskbar.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>5.</strong> Restart, log off or restart Explorer as given <strong><a href="http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-allows-you-to-restart-explorer-using-task-manager/" target="_blank">here</a></strong> to take effect.</p><p></p><p><strong>PS:</strong> If you want to restore the icon in future, either set the DWORD values to <strong>1</strong> or delete the DWORD.</p><p></p><p><strong>B. Remove Task View Icon from Windows 10 Taskbar:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>1.</strong> Type <strong>regedit</strong> in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open <strong>Registry Editor</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>2.</strong> Now go to following key:</p><p></p><p>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer</p><p></p><p><strong>3.</strong> Create a new key under <strong>Explorer</strong> key and set its name as <strong>MultiTaskingView</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>4.</strong> Create another new key under <strong>MultiTaskingView</strong> key and set its name as <strong>AllUpView</strong></p><p></p><p>So the final key path would be:</p><p></p><p>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MultitaskingView\AllUpView</p><p></p><p><strong>5.</strong> Now select <strong>AllUpView</strong> key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD <strong>Enabled</strong> and set its value to <strong>0</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Remove_Task_View_Icon_Windows_10_Taskbar.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>6.</strong> Restart, log off or restart Explorer as given <strong><a href="http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-allows-you-to-restart-explorer-using-task-manager/" target="_blank">here</a></strong> to take effect.</p><p></p><p><strong>PS:</strong> If you want to restore the icon in future, either set the DWORD values to <strong>1</strong> or delete the DWORD.</p><p></p><p>That's it. After following these tricks you'll be able to remove Search and Task View icons from Taskbar in Windows 10.</p><p></p><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you don't want to modify Registry yourself, you can download following ZIP file containing ready-made Registry scripts to do the task automatically:</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2014/11/Remove-Search-and-Task-View-Icons-from-Windows-10-Taskbar.zip" target="_blank">Registry Scripts to Remove Search and Task View Icons from Windows 10 Taskbar</a></strong></p><p></p><p>The ZIP file also contains scripts to restore both icons if required.</p><p></p><p><em>Thanks to Raymai at <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_tp-desktop/issues-start-menu-auto-hide-taskbar-mouse-hover/27bfdba8-1dd4-4779-9ea1-935d9cdb4cb1" target="_blank">Microsoft Community</a> for sharing these tweaks...</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-search-and-task-view-icons-from-windows-10-taskbar/" target="_blank">Via AskVG</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoraMurdar, post: 296176, member: 2291"] If you are using recently released [B][URL='http://www.askvg.com/all-about-windows-9-or-windows-threshold/']Windows 10[/URL][/B] Technical Preview build or if you are regularly following our blog, you might be aware of the new [B]Search[/B] and [B]Task View[/B] (aka [B]Multiple[/B] or[B]Virtual Desktops[/B]) icons which have been added to [B]Windows 10 Taskbar[/B]. These two icons can't be removed or moved. There is no built-in option to hide or remove these two buttons from Windows 10 Taskbar. Also you can't change their positions i.e. reorder the icons on Taskbar. They are just stuck next to the [URL='http://www.askvg.com/windows-10-start-menu-review-tips-n-tricks-and-customization/']Start Menu[/URL] on Windows 10 Taskbar. Many Windows users have complained about these 2 unnecessary icons on Taskbar as there are many places and shortcuts to use Search app and we can always use WIN+TAB keys together to launch Task View feature. So basically these 2 icons are useless to many people and are wasting space on Taskbar. Although Microsoft didn't provide any way to get rid of these 2 icons from Taskbar, today in this tutorial we are going to share simple [B]Registry tweaks to disable Search and Task View icons on Windows 10 Taskbar[/B]. [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Search_Task_View_Buttons_Removed_Windows_10_Taskbar.png[/IMG] If you also want to remove Search and Task View buttons, just follow these simple steps: [B]A. Remove Search Icon from Windows 10 Taskbar:[/B] [B]1.[/B] Type [B]regedit[/B] in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open [B]Registry Editor[/B]. [B]2.[/B] Now go to following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion [B]3.[/B] Create a new key under [B]CurrentVersion[/B] key and set its name as [B]Search[/B] So the final key path would be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search [B]4.[/B] Now select [B]Search[/B] key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD [B]EnableProactive[/B] and set its value to [B]0[/B] [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Remove_Search_Icon_Windows_10_Taskbar.png[/IMG] [B]5.[/B] Restart, log off or restart Explorer as given [B][URL='http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-allows-you-to-restart-explorer-using-task-manager/']here[/URL][/B] to take effect. [B]PS:[/B] If you want to restore the icon in future, either set the DWORD values to [B]1[/B] or delete the DWORD. [B]B. Remove Task View Icon from Windows 10 Taskbar:[/B] [B]1.[/B] Type [B]regedit[/B] in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open [B]Registry Editor[/B]. [B]2.[/B] Now go to following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer [B]3.[/B] Create a new key under [B]Explorer[/B] key and set its name as [B]MultiTaskingView[/B] [B]4.[/B] Create another new key under [B]MultiTaskingView[/B] key and set its name as [B]AllUpView[/B] So the final key path would be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MultitaskingView\AllUpView [B]5.[/B] Now select [B]AllUpView[/B] key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD [B]Enabled[/B] and set its value to [B]0[/B] [IMG]http://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Remove_Task_View_Icon_Windows_10_Taskbar.png[/IMG] [B]6.[/B] Restart, log off or restart Explorer as given [B][URL='http://www.askvg.com/windows-8-allows-you-to-restart-explorer-using-task-manager/']here[/URL][/B] to take effect. [B]PS:[/B] If you want to restore the icon in future, either set the DWORD values to [B]1[/B] or delete the DWORD. That's it. After following these tricks you'll be able to remove Search and Task View icons from Taskbar in Windows 10. [B]NOTE:[/B] If you don't want to modify Registry yourself, you can download following ZIP file containing ready-made Registry scripts to do the task automatically: [B][URL='http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2014/11/Remove-Search-and-Task-View-Icons-from-Windows-10-Taskbar.zip']Registry Scripts to Remove Search and Task View Icons from Windows 10 Taskbar[/URL][/B] The ZIP file also contains scripts to restore both icons if required. [I]Thanks to Raymai at [URL='http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_tp-desktop/issues-start-menu-auto-hide-taskbar-mouse-hover/27bfdba8-1dd4-4779-9ea1-935d9cdb4cb1']Microsoft Community[/URL] for sharing these tweaks... [URL='http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-search-and-task-view-icons-from-windows-10-taskbar/']Via AskVG[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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