{"id":908,"date":"2018-03-02T17:31:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=908"},"modified":"2018-03-02T17:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:31:53","slug":"lock-unlock-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The taskbar is the classic user interface element in Windows. The main idea behind the taskbar is to provide a useful tool which shows a list of running apps and open windows as tasks so you can switch quickly between them. The user can lock the taskbar to prevent its accidental moving or modification. Here is how to lock or unlock the taskbar in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Settings<\/b> app. <img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-run-settings.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-settings\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to <b>Personalization &#8211; Taskbar<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/windows-10-settings-personalization.png\" alt=\"windows-10-settings-personalization\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: At last, enable the <b>Lock the taskbar<\/b> toggle option to lock the taskbar. Disabling this option will unlock the taskbar.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/windows-10-lock-unlock-taskbar.png\" alt=\"windows 10 lock and unlock taskbar\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Or you may just right-click on the taskbar, and choose <b>Lock the taskbar<\/b> to lock it. A check mark will appear next to the context menu item.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/windows-10-lock-taskbar.png\" alt=\"windows-10-lock-taskbar\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-02T17:31:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/windows-10-lock-unlock-taskbar.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AndrewWise911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/\",\"name\":\"How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-02T17:31:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-02T17:31:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\"},\"description\":\"Here is How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/lock-unlock-taskbar\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Lock or Unlock Taskbar in Windows 10?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\",\"name\":\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"description\":\"Just another Security News site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\",\"name\":\"Andrew Wise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Wise\"},\"description\":\"Andrew is just a guy who uses computers every day, and hates if troubles come into his life. 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