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Simplified Taskbar Deleted: Microsoft Responds to Alleged Insider Feedback?

Summary by WindowsArea.de
Since 2024, Microsoft has been working on a simplified design for the system tray in Windows 11. Users have been able to optionally activate a simplified display of time and date, along with slightly smaller distances between icons. The new system tray should create more space on the now centered taskbar. At the beginning of the year, the option disappeared again on the grounds that the Group had to resolve some problems related to the simplifie…
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Since 2024, Microsoft has been working on a simplified design for the system tray in Windows 11. Users have been able to optionally activate a simplified display of time and date, along with slightly smaller distances between icons. The new system tray should create more space on the now centered taskbar. At the beginning of the year, the option disappeared again on the grounds that the Group had to resolve some problems related to the simplifie…

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WindowsArea.de broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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