Transparent Taskbar – How to Make a Task Bar Transparent in Windows 10 PC

Making your Windows taskbar transparent is a pretty cool thing to do. It looks great, and it's one of the few ways you can personalize your taskbar.

Step 1 - Use the Run command to open the Registry Editor program

The Run command allows you to open various programs on your PC by typing their name. The program we will be using is called Registry Editor

To use the Run command, you can use the shortcut Win + R(Windows button + R) or you can right click on the Windows icon and click on "Run".

Step 2 - Type (regedit)

After clicking on Run, a window should pop up where you can type in the name of a program you would like to open. Type "regedit" and press OK. This will open the Registry Editor.

After clicking OK, the window below should pop up:

Step 3 - Navigate through folders

The first folder to expand is the (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) folder. Scroll down and expand the (SOFTWARE) folder.

After that, locate the (Microsoft) folder and expand it as well. Next, scroll all the way down and expand the (Windows) folder.

In the (Windows) folder, expand the (CurrentVersion) folder followed by expanding the (Explorer) folder. Lastly, click on the (Advanced) folder.

If you found the steps above confusing, then you can use this path as a guide:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Pasting the path above and hitting enter should automatically bring you to our current location.

Step 4 - Create a new file

Right click and hover above the "New" option.

Then click on (DWORD (32-bit) Value):

After clicking on DWORD (32-bit) Value, you will see a space where you are supposed to type in the new file. Name the file (TaskbarAcrylicOpacity). After you have created the file, double click on it and set the value data input to 0 (zero) and click OK.

Step 5 - Enable transparency effects

Go to Desktop and right click. Click on personalize.

Click on the "Colors" tab, and toggle Transparency effects to (On):

After this, you should have a transparent taskbar.

If the last step does not work for you, then go on with next steps.

Step 6 - Restart Windows Explorer using Task Manager

Before opening task manager, make sure that your File Explorer is already running. Then follow these steps:

Right click on taskbar. Click on Task Manager. Right click on File Explorer under Apps. Click on Restart

After completing the last step, you should have a completely transparent taskbar.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we made our taskbar transparent without installing any software in Windows 10. I hope this works for you.

Thank you for reading!