Turn on // Off Color Display for Start, Taskbar and Action Center

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Some note

Starting with Windows 10 build 17093, now everyone will use accent colors when the 'Show accent color' option for Start, Taskbar and Action Center is selected in Color Settings.

• If you are using a high-contrast theme, you will not be able to turn on or off the color display feature on the taskbar and Start menu because it will be disabled.
• If you turn off the display of colors on the Start, Taskbar and Action Center, their background will be black.
• If you turn on color display on the Start, Taskbar and Action Center, they will be the color you have chosen.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable accent color display on Start, Taskbar and Action Center on Windows 10.

Turn on / off color display on Start, Taskbar and Action Center in Settings

1. Open Settings and click on the Personalization icon .

2. Click Colors on the left side and select (to turn on) or deselect (to turn off - default) the colors for Start, Taskbar and Action Center in Show accent color on the following surfaces on the right side for what you want.

Note : If you chose to use Light instead of Custom or Dark for Choose your color or Light instead of Dark for Choose your default Windows mode , then the Start, Taskbar and Action Center settings will be grayed out.

3. When done, you can close the Settings if desired.

4. If you have enabled the color display feature on Start, Taskbar and Action Center, you can now change the color to your preferred color.