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Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu

Microsoft’s Windows Design team detailed the final Windows 11 Start menu redesign, shared on the Microsoft Design website in May 2025.
The redesign was shaped by input gathered from more than 300 Windows 11 enthusiasts through independent studies and interactive co-creation sessions to fine-tune the primary objectives.
The new Start menu expands the layout, offers more pinned rows, a removable Recommended feed, integrates Phone Link features, and reorganizes familiar elements.
The design team explained that they carefully refined every detail to ensure it was necessary, highlighting a focus on simplicity and elegance, and described design as an ongoing dialogue rather than a one-sided statement.
Microsoft is testing the redesigned Start menu with Windows Insiders and expects to release it broadly in coming months while preserving user familiarity and control.

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Settings: Windows 11: How to Move the Start Menu Back to the Left

If you change from Windows 10 to 11, you will notice first of all: the new position of the start menu in the middle of the taskbar. Good for all habit animals: This (and more) can be changed.

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Microsoft unveils a new "human-centric" Start Menu redesign for Windows 11

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Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu

Updated Start menu design is currently being tested in Windows Insider previews.

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Microsoft reveals its rejected Start menu redesigns

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