After leaving your PC at the mercy of one of your grandchildren, you found yourself with the Windows taskbar (the one with the Start menu and the list of open windows) moved to another point on the screen and you don’t know how to get it back in its place? Would you like to move the taskbar to the right or left but, selecting it with the mouse and trying to drag it to one of the sides of the screen, nothing happens? Don’t worry: if you want, I can explain how to move the taskbar .
In the guide you are about to read, in fact, I will explain how to move the taskbar on Windows and then how to repeat the same operation on other platforms, including macOS and Ubuntu (in this case, more than the taskbar, we will talk about Dock ). In any case, you can be sure of one thing: by carefully following the instructions I am about to give you, you will not have the slightest problem in completing your technological enterprise today.
So, are you ready to get started? Yup? Very good! Courage: make yourself comfortable, take all the time you need to concentrate on reading the next paragraphs and, more importantly, try to put into practice the instructions I will give you. You will see, moving the taskbar will be as simple as drinking a glass of water! There is nothing left for me to do, but wish you good reading and wish you a big good luck for everything!
Index
- How to move the taskbar on Windows
- How to move the taskbar: Windows 11
- How to move the taskbar: Windows 10
- How to move the taskbar: Windows 7
- How to move the taskbar: Windows XP
- How to move the taskbar on macOS
- How to move the taskbar on Ubuntu
- How to move the taskbar on iPad
How to move the taskbar on Windows
If you are not yet very familiar with computer science and, for one reason or another, you are interested in knowing how to move the taskbar on Windows , know that whatever version of the Microsoft operating system is installed on your PC you will be able to succeed in your intent in very simple way.
How to move the taskbar: Windows 11
If you are looking for instructions on how to move the Windows 11 taskbar , I will show you the simple procedure to follow: to begin, right- click on an empty spot on the taskbar , then press the Taskbar Settings button that is shown.
In the screen that opens, presses on the function called Taskbar Behaviors , then click on the drop-down menu next to the wording Alignment of the taskbar and select the option To the left or In the center according to your needs: the element will be simultaneously moved to the desired position. It was particularly easy, wasn’t it?
If you are unable to locate the function in question, I advise you to make sure that the operating system is updated to the latest version. To do this, click on the Start button in the taskbar, then press the gear symbol in order to access the system settings and press the Windows Update item in the left panel.
In the screen that appears, click on the Check for updates button (or, if an update has already been detected, directly on the Download and install button ), and wait for the automatic procedure to be completed by restarting the PC . If, in any case, you prefer to refer to a guide that illustrates all the operations step by step, I have created a tutorial on how to download all the updates to Windows 11 that I am sure will be particularly useful.
How to move the taskbar: Windows 10
If you are using a PC updated to Windows 10 , to move the taskbar, you have to right- click on an “empty” point of the latter and select the item Taskbar settings from the menu that opens. Then, scroll through the screen displayed in the window that opened, open the menu located immediately after the wording Position of the taskbar on the screen and choose one of the available options: Bottom , Top , Right or Left .
How to move the taskbar: Windows 7
If you are using a PC equipped with Windows 7 or Windows Vista , on the other hand, after right clicking on the taskbar (in a point where there are no buttons or icons), select the Properties item from the menu that opens.
In the window that appears on the screen, set the position where you want to keep the taskbar in the drop-down menu Position of the taskbar on the screen – also in this case you can choose between Bottom (standard position), Left , Right or Top – and then presses first on the Apply button and then on OK to save the changes.
An “alternative” method to achieve the same result is to right-click on the taskbar, remove the check mark from Lock the taskbar (if necessary) and drag the bar to any of the four sides of the desktop: above, left, right or below again. Once you have moved the bar to the position that you think best suits your tastes, right- click on it again and put the check mark next to the item Lock the taskbar , so as to “fix” it on the screen and avoid modifying it again. location, perhaps by mistake.
How to move the taskbar: Windows XP
Do you use the old Windows XP ? No problem. Moving the taskbar requires the same procedure that we have just seen for the most recent versions of the operating system: the “manual” one, in which you have to unlock the bar and drag it with the mouse to the point on the desktop you want most.
Then click with the right mouse button on the Windows XP taskbar (always in a point where there are no icons or buttons) and remove the check mark from the item Lock the taskbar . At this point, click with the left mouse button in a point of the bar where there are no icons or buttons, keep the button pressed and move the taskbar to the corner of the desktop you prefer: top, right, left or down.
When you have found the position that best suits your needs, right-click again on the taskbar, put the check mark next to the item Lock the taskbar and start working normally on the PC again. That’s all there is to it!
How to move the taskbar on macOS
Are you using a Mac and would like to move the macOS Dock bar ? No problem. To do this, all you have to do is go to the system settings and choose the position of the Dock you prefer to use: you can set it at the bottom or on the right and left sides of the screen.
To begin with, go to System Preferences … by clicking on the gray icon with gears located on the Dock, click on the Dock item and, in the screen that opens, locate the word Position on the screen . Now, all you have to do is select the position you prefer for the Dock bar by placing the check mark on one of the options available: Left , Bottom or Right .
Alternatively, right- click on an “empty” spot (without icons) of the Dock bar and choose the position where you want to move it via the Position menu on the screen that appears.
How to move the taskbar on Ubuntu
Are you a fan of the Linux world and one of your favorite distros is Ubuntu ? If so, you’ll surely be interested in figuring out how to move the Dock again, right? I’ll settle you immediately!
To begin with, click on the Settings icon (the wheel icon located at the bottom left, at the bottom of the taskbar), click on the Dock item located on the sidebar located on the left, locate the wording Screen position , open the menu located next to it and then select the position you prefer (eg Bottom ). Simple, right?
How to move the taskbar on iPad
Also on the iPad there is the Dock bar ( macOS style ), but unfortunately it is not possible to choose its position, as Apple does not allow you to change the one set by default, that is at the bottom.
In fact, if you try to rotate the device, the position of the Dock bar “follows” the orientation of the latter (provided that automatic rotation is activated ): if the iPad is vertical, the Dock bar will position itself in bottom, on the shorter side of the tablet, while if it is horizontal, the Dock bar will be positioned on its longer side (always at the bottom).