Windows 10 taskbar | how to make it thinner when vertical?

I have 14" 16:9 notebook and would like my Windows 10 taskbar have on the (left) side. Unfortunately, although I set it to small icons the bar is pretty wide. Do not you know how to make it thinner?

This is how I would like to have it:

Marty Tomm

Posted 2016-03-26T10:40:22.777

Reputation: 201

And how does it look like now? – Stackcraft_noob – 2016-03-26T13:51:42.013

4This is the minimum achievable width on Windows 10. It’s certainly quite ridiculous. – Daniel B – 2016-03-30T06:37:54.523

@DanielB It may be worth editing that screenshot into the question – Stevoisiak – 2017-05-09T17:40:13.623

Answers

You could use as tool called "Taskbar Tweaker". After a small search I've heard that it works well with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. I don't know if it is already implement for Windows 10. According to some beta-tester it should work.

so try this:

Install 7+ Taskbar Tweaker
Then use the no_width_limit advanced option
Right-click on the Tweaker's tray icon, open advanced options and set no_width_limit to 1

Install 7+ Taskbar Tweaker and run it. You can close the dialog that is displayed.
Make sure to dock the task-bar to the left edge
Make sure that it is not locked
Make sure that you have selected Use small icons option in the task-bar properties

Stackcraft_noob

Posted 2016-03-26T10:40:22.777

Reputation: 1 466

3It's not overkill when it's the only think that works. That program is awesome though. – Domino – 2016-11-20T05:50:04.687

1Seems to be broken after update to the Windows 10 Creator's update (version 15xxx). – Big-Blue – 2017-04-28T09:45:33.090

1Seems to have a beta version out fixing the Creator's issue. – Thell – 2017-07-20T21:47:05.627

As of October 8, 2017, there's a stable release version (v5.6) that does fix the issue with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. I just now tested it out on an up-to-date Windows 10 and it works great.

– Yee-Lum – 2018-12-11T23:05:07.267

Right-click an empty area in the taskbar. Uncheck "Lock the taskbar". You should now be able to drag the edge of it to make it thinner (it works when I try it). Lock the taskbar again if you want to avoid accidentally changing it.

Andrew Morton

Posted 2016-03-26T10:40:22.777

Reputation: 2 366

3This isn't the problem. Windows 10 simply doesn't let you shrink the vertical taskbar past the length of a long date in the clock widget. Disabling the clock doesn't help. – Domino – 2016-11-20T05:30:14.213

1@JacqueGoupil I find it doesn't let me shrink the width below the length of the short date format. – Andrew Morton – 2016-11-20T18:01:51.140

1I read somewhere that the date is a coincidence - they just put a fixed limit to avoid unclickable buttons on touchscreens. So TaskbarTweaker it is. And I meant AAAA-MM-DD instead of MM/DD when I said long date. – Domino – 2016-11-20T18:55:52.153

Go into the setting and modify the date/short and long formats to the least characters (count them) you can then make it smaller.

Pal

Posted 2016-03-26T10:40:22.777

Reputation: 11

1This doesn't actually work though. The default width is locked and is irrelevant of the date formats. – xji – 2018-07-18T11:48:24.013