{"id":137,"date":"2024-12-04T20:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2024-12-13T20:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T20:40:37","slug":"align-taskbar-left","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/align-taskbar-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Align Taskbar Left"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Windows 11 introduced a Mac-Like change which put your start button and aligned the taskbar to the center. While this is off putting you can fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fix It with CL Debloat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Download CL Debloat here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click Downloads in your Browser (Ctrl +J will open the downloads directly) and click the \u201cCLDebloatSetup.exe\u201d file and follow the prompt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Once installed click the CL Debloat icon on the desktop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Under the Visual tab, check the “Align Taskbar Left” box and click Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That’s it! Your Task bar will not be aligned to the left like in Windows 10!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Fix It with Windows 11 Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Select Taskbar settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Scroll down to Taskbar Behaviors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Change Taskbar Alignment to Left.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Fix It with Registry Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Click on Search (or Start) of Windows and, “regedit” and select the Register Editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. In the top left of the Registry Editor navigate to the following 
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\ Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced\\<\/code><\/pre><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Right-click the Advanced folder, select to New and choose DWORD (32-bit) Value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Name the key “TaskbarAl” (this is a lower case L for Alignment) and press enter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        The default value for your new key will be “0” which will change the Taskbar Alignment to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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        How to Restore the Taskbar Alignment with CL Debloat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        Using CL Debloat you can easily undo this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Launch CL Debloat and select the Visual Tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Uncheck the “Align Taskbar Left” option and click Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          The task bar icons will now be restored to the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          How to Restore the Taskbar Using Other Methods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          Method 1:<\/strong> You can restore the Taskbar alignment directly in Windows 11 settings using the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Select Taskbar settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Scroll down to Taskbar Behaviors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. Change Taskbar Alignment to Center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            The task bar icons will now be restored to the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
            Method 2:<\/strong> You can restore the Taskbar Alignment with the Registry Editor as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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            1. Click on Search (or Start) of Windows and, “regedit” and select the Register Editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. In the top left of the Registry Editor navigate to the following 
              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\ Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced\\<\/code><\/pre><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Edit the key “TaskbarAl” key and change the “0” to a “1”.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
              This will change the Taskbar Alignment back to the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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              Windows 11 introduced a Mac-Like change which put your start button and aligned the taskbar to the center. While this is off putting you can fix it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fix It with CL Debloat That’s it! Your Task bar will not be aligned to the left like in Windows 10!. Fix It with Windows 11 Settings … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}