Make the Windows 10 Taskbar More Transparent

Author: fan    Posted: 17 July 2020   Viewed: 695 times   Tag: #Windows 10 

Set transparency in Win10 system taskbar



1. Click Start Menu→Settings→Personalization→Color, and toggling on the `Transparency effects` setting



2. Press the Windows key + the R key at the same time to open the Run: dialog

3. Type regedit and press the OK button



4. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced key

5. Right-click on Search and select New and then DWORD (32-bit) Value as shown below

6. You will be prompted to enter the name of the new value. Type UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency and press Enter on the keyboard. Double-click on UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency and set the value to 1 and then press the OK button.


7. Go back into Settings > Personalization > Colors and toggle the Transparency effects setting from On to Off and then back to On again for the Registry change to go into effect.

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