In order to hide hover cards for inactive apps in taskbar of Windows 11, go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors > Uncheck “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps ...

Right now, I’ve got twelve open programs on my Windows 11 taskbar, plus four more pinned apps—and even on my ultrawide monitor, they’re taking up a lot of screen real estate. On my laptop, I have to ...