Windows also provides you the option to automatically pick the color that best matches your background. Follow us to the end of the article to learn how to change the color settings of your taskbar.
How to Change the Color of Taskbar?
A taskbar houses many important features like the date, time, and shortcuts, making it all the more important to customize. We’ve listed a couple of methods to change your PC’s taskbar color, along with some other methods that can help you customize the taskbar more to your liking.
Using Windows Settings
The personalization section of your Windows settings allows you to change the color of your Taskbar. However, making this change will also collectively change the color of your taskbar, start menu, and action center. Here’s how you do it:
On Windows 10
On Windows 11
Using Themes
You can also use themes to change the color of your taskbar. However, using themes will also change the background and other settings depending on the theme you choose. But if you dont like something about the theme, you can just change it without disrupting the other elements of that theme. Follow these steps to learn how to apply a theme:
How to Change Colors of Your Taskbar Only?
Changing the taskbar color also changes the colors of the action center and Start Menu. You can change this behavior by making some changes to the registry. Registry changes can be risky as an unintentional change can cause issues to your PC. So, be sure to back up your registry before making changes to it.Follow these steps to learn how to apply color to your taskbar only: Changing the ColorPrevalance value data to 1 will apply the color to your taskbar, action center, and Start, whereas setting the value to 0 will disable it. This registry edit will let you apply color to your taskbar even if your Windows is not activated.
Still Unable to Change Color of Taskbar?
If the option to change the taskbar color is greyed out, it’s probably because you’re in light mode. Lightmode only supports the default white color. You will have to use dark mode or custom to enable the option. Using custom mode will let you pick different modes for windows and apps. If you choose to use custom mode, you will have to choose Dark as your default Windows mode to be able to change the color of your taskbar.
