
Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager from the context menu.Restarting explorer.exe will restart Taskbar which can solve the problem. Taskbar seems like a stand-alone component in terms of GUI but functionally, it is tied to File Explorer, or more precisely, the explorer.exe process. If the above doesn’t get the Taskbar to automatically hide or it doesn’t hide when you switch an app to full-screen mode, try the following fixes. Turn the ‘Automatically hide the taskbar in tablet mode’ switch on if you use a tablet or 2-in-1 laptop.Turn the ‘ Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode’ switch on.Right-click the taskbar and select Taskbar settings.The taskbar can be set to hide automatically when it isn’t being used i.e., when you’re actively working in an app.

If you need to focus on something, you can switch an app to full screen and the taskbar will be hidden by default. The Taskbar is important but when you can hide it until it’s needed. The taskbar on Windows 10 can be used to open the apps that are pinned to it, switch between the apps and files that are currently open, open the Start Menu, and interact with the system tray.
