Right-click an empty space on the taskbar and chooseTaskbar controls.

Next toTaskbar alignment, pick the menu and choose eitherLeftorCenter.

The taskbar will adjust accordingly immediately.

Windows 11 taskbar alignment options

If Windows Isn’t Activated

Some personalization parameters are inaccessible if Windows 11 isn’t activated.

The workaround is toedit the registry.

Using these steps to edit the registry won’t cause any damage to your gear.

Registry editor search in Windows 11

However, it’s remarkably easy to delete or edit something that shouldn’t be changed.

Be sure toback up the registrybefore starting.

Name the valueTaskbarAl(that’s a lowercase L, not an uppercase i), and pressEnter.

Advanced registry key selected in Registry Editor for Windows 11

The taskbar will immediately align to the left since a0value is for left-alignment.

To center the taskbar, double-poke the value and change it to1.

How Do I Resize the Taskbar in Windows 11?

New dword value menu in Windows 11 registry editor

Related to the taskbar’s alignment is its size.

This can provide you with a little extra screen space.

To do so, search parameters forAutomatically hide the taskbar, and initiate the setting.

Windows 11 taskbar alignment registry value

There’s still a way, however, to pull up the volume mixer.

Right-click theaudio iconon the bottom right of the taskbar, then selectOpen volume mixer.

You’ll see the volume mixer amid the sound tweaks.

taskbaral registry value set to 1

Then, right-press the app and selectPin to Taskbar.

Windows 11 began rolling out to eligible users in late 2021.