How to show / hide the taskbar on multiple screens in Windows 10

Windows 10 implements a very interesting feature that allows you to choose whether or not to display the taskbar on external screens or whether to show or hide app buttons, always on the taskbar, on the second monitor. Within this new tutorial today we will deal with finding out how to show / hide taskbar on multiple screens in Windows 10 in a few simple steps.

The first thing to do is to connect a second display to the computer using the desired option (HDMI, DisplayPort o USB Type-C). Once this is done, access the Settings pressing ongear icon present in the menu of Home or by using the key combination Win + I. At this point, you choose Customization and then click on the item Application bar via the left sidebar.

Now, locate the section More screens and press onswitch present under the heading Show the taskbar on all screens bringing it up Disabled so that the taskbar appears only on the main display.

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In case you have decided to leave the option activated (then the taskbar is visible on all connected displays), you will have the ability to view the icons in the taskbar on all connected displays, show buttons only for applications open on a particular screen, or hide them completely.

To do this, you have to press on the drop-down menu under the item Show taskbar buttons on and then choose one of the 3 options proposed. The first shows the taskbar buttons for open and pinned apps on all displays. The second shows the buttons of the taskbar only on the main display while on the others you only see buttons for apps open on it. The third, on the other hand, shows the buttons on a display that has a window of a running application.

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