Learn how to remove the Task View button or icon from the Windows 11/10 taskbar easily to disable the Virtual Desktop feature from being used.

Learn how to remove Search, Task View, Widgets, and Chat icons from Windows 11 Taskbar. You can hide them using Settings or Registry Editor.

Accessing Task View To access the new Task View feature in Windows 10, you'll locate and click its button, which is anchored on the Taskbar adjacent to the Start button (Figure A).

The Task View button is a small button on the taskbar that lets you quickly access these desktops. To get rid of it, right-click the taskbar and click Show Task View button to toggle it off.

However, if you prefer to reserve space on the Taskbar for other icons, you can remove the Task View button and access it with a keyboard shortcut. Figure A Figure A ...

Even in tablet mode, the taskbar with the start button, system tray icons, Cortana button and task view buttons are along the bottom edge of the screen.

Windows 10: Now you can remove the Search and Task View buttons from the taskbar. You can also see the "blue n" folder icon that I mentioned earlier.