Since Microsoft uses a light theme in Windows 10, this will not affect most users but then you’ll be unable to customize your taskbar. This is because Microsoft uses a light theme by default in Windows 10.Ĭhanging Windows (light) theme to Windows (default) is as simple as going to Theme settings and selecting it. The taskbar color cannot be changed if you recently updated your Windows 10 to a newer version. If you recently have update Windows 10 to a newer version and unable to change taskbar color after that. Unable to change taskbar color after update In the “Colors” tab there will be two options for customizing the taskbar one is “ Make Start, Taskbar, and action center transparent” that toggle the transparency of these things and when the “ Show color on Start, taskbar, and action center” option is set to “ Off” the color of your taskbar will be switched to the default Black color so in order to have a color on your taskbar you need to Turn On the option. Even when the transparent colors on taskbar options is enabled, taskbar looks decent. I made mine taskbar look bolder, so I removed the transparency (Untick the “Make Start, taskbar. Find the option “ show color on start menu, taskbar and…” and toggle it on. If this option is turned off, the taskbar will have the black color, which I don’t like as it’s very odd to me. This actually enables the color on the taskbar.

(Optional) For some reason the color change doesn’t apply to the Taskbar, scroll down and find this option and make sure to turn that on. Please note you’ll have to pick a color from the given color options, all the colors are kind of Flat UI, so most of them will work just fine for you. Try a few colors, and once you satisfied pick an accent color.

To change windows 10 taskbar color just tap on any color box, you can also see a preview inside the settings window.

Now click a color of your choice, I’ll select the Blue color, you can pick any. (You can directly tap on a color to change the taskbar color instantly). From the right side click the “ Colors” tab and untick the following “ Auto pick an accent color.” Accent color means the selected color will be used throughout your desktop elements such as in taskbar, start menu and title bars.

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