How to enable / disable the Use small taskbar buttons option in Windows 10

Taskbar (taskbar) is the classic user interface component in Windows. First introduced in Windows 95, it exists in all later versions of Windows. The main task of the taskbar is to provide a useful tool to display all running applications, open windows as tasks and quickly switch between them.

In this article, TipsMake.com will show you how to turn on / off the Use small taskbar buttons option to quickly change the size of the taskbar buttons in Windows 10.

Turn on / off the Use small taskbar buttons option in Settings

To turn on the Use small taskbar buttons option in Windows 10, do the following.

1. Open Settings.

2. Go to Personalization> Taskbar .

3. On the right, turn on the Use small taskbar buttons option . This will make your taskbar buttons instantly smaller.

Turn on / off the Use small taskbar buttons option in Settings

4. To restore the default size of the taskbar, turn off the Use small taskbar buttons option .

Turn on / off the Use small taskbar buttons option with the Registry

Alternatively, you can apply a Registry tweak to enable / disable the Use small taskbar buttons option by following these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor application.

2. Go to the following Registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced

3. On the right, create a new 32-bit DWORD value called TaskbarSmallIcons.

Note : Even when you are running 64-bit Windows, you must still create a 32-bit DWORD value.

Create a new 32-bit DWORD value named TaskbarSmallIcons

4. Set its value data to 1 to enable the Use small taskbar buttons option .

Value data 0 will restore the default size of the taskbar.

To apply the changes made by tweaking the Registry, you need to log out and log back in to your user account. Alternatively, you can restart the Explorer shell.