How to Change Taskbar Color in Windows 10


key Takeaways

  • Right-click on the desktop select personalization> color and set the preferred color 
  • Check on the start, taskbar, and action center checkboxes on
  • Set the dark mode as the main to set the custom color

You can able to change the taskbar color in Windows 10 by using settings. But note that you need to use dark mode for the Windows operating system to set a custom color to the taskbar.

To set custom colors,

1. Open Windows 10 settings by pressing window+I or using the start menu

setting in start menu

2. Click on personalization 

personalization setting

3. Click color

color settings windows

4. Select custom then select default Windows mode dark

5. Scroll down to click custom color 

6. Select a predefined color or choose a picker to select your own color

select color for taskbar

7. Check on the start, taskbar, and action center checkboxes 

turn on taskbar show color

8. That's it your taskbar color has been changed successfully 

taskbar in green color as selected

Note: along with the taskbar your start and action center colors also get changed to the same color as the taskbar. There is no option to change only taskbar color alone.

If you can't able to change the taskbar color then try to set dark mode default then follow the above given steps.

Make sure to update the Windows 10 latest build.

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