How to Transparent Taskbar in Windows 10

This guide explains how to transparent Taskbar in Windows 10, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

To be able to transparent Taskbar we will use a tool called TranslucentTB, this is a very compact tool besides the ability to make transparent Taskbar it also has a number of other effects.

To download the application you access the following link:

https://github. com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB/releases

You can download the application using one of the 2 links in the image below:

After downloading you proceed to extract the file and we will get some files as shown below. Double-click the TranslucentTB. exe file to run the application without installation.

Immediately after running the application you will see the Taskbar is converted to a translucent effect, also known as pretty pretty Blur.

However, if you want the Taskbar to be completely transparent, click on the application icon on the Taskbar and select Clear

And you can see the Taskbar is completely transparent.

In addition, Normal mode is the default mode, Dynamic windows is the mode to switch between Blur and Clear when you close or open an application window.

However, this is not done yet, we need to do some more steps to TranslucentTB application automatically run with windows, if not every time we open the computer we have to turn on the application manually.

First press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box then type the command 'shell: startup' and press Enter.

Now the Startup window appears, copy the TranslucentTB. exe file extracted in the previous step, then right-click the Startup window and select Paste shortcut. So every time you turn on your computer the application will run automatically and the Taskbar will have a translucent effect.

If you want the app to automatically turn on transparency, right-click the shortcut and select Properties.

Then in the new window, click at the end of the Target line, press the space and add –transparent at the end, click OK.

Thus, only with TranslucentTB software is very compact, we have made the Taskbar have a very nice transparent effect. Good luck!