Remove Taskbar Icons


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Remove Taskbar Icons


    Hello, I'm looking for a way to either resize or remove the icons from the taskbar, here is a screenshot just to be clear:

    (red box around them)

    The reason I want to resize or remove them is because I've got my taskbar set very small (as you can see in the picture) and the icons are too big to fit properly on the taskbar.

    I've tried fooling around in the WindowMetrics registry key, but I couldn't find anything useful.

    Any help is very much appreciated!

    Thank you.
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  2. Posts : 1,800
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
       #2

    snorlax420 said:
    Hello, I'm looking for a way to either resize or remove the icons from the taskbar, here is a screenshot just to be clear:

    (red box around them)

    The reason I want to resize or remove them is because I've got my taskbar set very small (as you can see in the picture) and the icons are too big to fit properly on the taskbar.

    I've tried fooling around in the WindowMetrics registry key, but I couldn't find anything useful.

    Any help is very much appreciated!

    Thank you.
    Welcome tothe windows 7 forums Snorlax420

    You can remove the icons by right clicking on them and select remove from taskbar.

    Rich
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    richnrockville said:
    snorlax420 said:
    Hello, I'm looking for a way to either resize or remove the icons from the taskbar, here is a screenshot just to be clear:

    (red box around them)

    The reason I want to resize or remove them is because I've got my taskbar set very small (as you can see in the picture) and the icons are too big to fit properly on the taskbar.

    I've tried fooling around in the WindowMetrics registry key, but I couldn't find anything useful.

    Any help is very much appreciated!

    Thank you.
    Welcome tothe windows 7 forums Snorlax420

    You can remove the icons by right clicking on them and select remove from taskbar.

    Rich
    Thank you.

    However I am not looking to remove pinned items from the taskbar, I am wanting to remove icons only.

    Here's another picture just to show exactly what I'm talking about.

    It should look like this when I am done, the taskbar buttons are still there however the application icon is hidden (or removed, doesn`t matter to me)
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  4. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #4

    Welcome to Seven Forums snorlax420. I am unaware of any way to display just text. It may be possible with a program like LiteStep with great effort.

    Have you already tried the taskbar with small icons?

    Taskbar - Use Small or Large Icons

    A Guy
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