How to make the Taskbar transparent on Windows 10 and Windows 11 using TranslucentTB

The Windows 10 taskbar comes with a user-selected background color by default. You can customize the taskbar to be transparent, making it look like your desktop wallpaper is larger, but without losing the application icons. This article from TipsMake will guide you on how to use TranslucentTB to make the taskbar transparent on Windows 10  and Windows 11 . 

How to make the Windows 10 Taskbar transparent

Step 1: First, you need to download  TranslucentTB to your computer.

Download TranslucentTB here: Download TranslucentTB

Step 2: Right-click on the TranslucentTB file and run it as Administrator .

Step 3: After the file finishes running, look at the image below the TranslucentTB toolbar icon. Right-click on the TranslucentTB icon and three options will appear:

Blur: Makes the Taskbar blurry.
Clear: Makes the Taskbar transparent.
Exit: Exits the software.

Choose either Blur or Clear to change the transparency of the Taskbar on Windows 10.

And finally, your desktop screen will look like the image below.

Step 4: To create TranslucentTB at startup , create a Shortcuts file.

First , press Window + R to open the Run window . Then type the command shell:startup.

Step 5: Next, from the extracted TranslucentTB folder, right-click on TranslucentTB and copy it to the window where you just typed the command above.

Step 6: Finally, create a Shortcuts file so that the application will automatically launch the transparency function when your computer starts up.

Additionally, you can access more options by editing the information in Properties.

Right-click the TranslucentTB tool and select Properties.

In the Target field , you can add some of the following statements immediately after the application path (separated by a space).

--Blur makes the taskbar blurry, which is also the default setting.
--Opaque makes the taskbar a single color (not transparent). By default, the color is black, but you can change it using --tint .
--Transparent makes the taskbar transparent. With --tin, you can add a subtle highlight color.
--Tint lets you choose a color that works with the --opaque or transparent option (does not work with --blur).

Then click OK to apply your options to the taskbar.

The above is a trick to make the Taskbar transparent on Windows 10. Using TranslucentTB to make the taskbar transparent on Windows 11 is similar to the steps above. This method helps you change your desktop screen to look nicer while maintaining the inherent elegance of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Besides making the taskbar transparent, you can also check out the trick of creating shortcut settings on Win 10 to quickly perform some settings and adjustments.