How to Resize the Windows 11 Taskbar and Icons

*UPDATE*
As of Windows 11 22H2, build 22621.1413, this edit doesn't work any longer so if it doesn't change anything for you then that might be why. That doesn't mean it won't work in the future so it can't hurt to try it!

You might have noticed that the Windows 11 Taskbar is on the smaller size and sometimes the icons are a little hard to see depending on your screen resolution. And if you go into the Taskbar settings, there isn't an option to enlarge the taskbar or its icons. Fortunately, there is a quick registry hack you can do to resize the Taskbar from the default setting of small to medium and large.

Here are the notes from the video.

Open the registry editor (regedit)

Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

If the TaskbarSi key is not there, add a new DWORD value
New - DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it TaskbarSi

In the Value Data field, enter either 0, 1, or 2 for small, medium or large

Restart Windows Explorer or your PC

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[beisern]

Brilliant! A great explanation and made with no unnecessary stuff. I rarely comment on youtube, but you deserve one. Thanks alot!

[XhanAnimations]

Thank you so much! Changing the font size only went so far and this really helps me see everything better than the high contrast modes

[alicehwang]

Thanks a lot! Microsoft ALWAYS disables or removes some user friendly/useful functions when there are new updates... kind of irritated to me.

[Jabvalb]

Why why why oh why would the brilliant engineers who created Windows 11 not think that some users always want or need various sized icons? What a ridiculous user-unfriendly decision. Click on taskbar settings and you don't have a choice to change much of anything on your taskbar. Thanks, MS 11 developers. 🤨

[hamberto_sombrero]

But the wifi, sound and weather icons are bugged now.

[worfmaster]

Thank you so much! I was able to understand everything you showed and it worked great.

[shinjihirako]

Didn’t you noticed the system tray, speaker, wifi, date&time are kinda off of alignment?

[strawberrymilk]

weird i followed an article and it dint work but your video worked like a charm, thank you.
Edit~ oh nice I'm your 10th like

[astronomyforbeginners-ab-]

Great guide. If the OS is 64bit do you still use Dword 32bit or do you use Qword 64bit for the value?

[amuthukumaran]

Great tip yet again. Now I need to subscribe. Damn.

[marylizabetha]

The time and wifi, sound and battery icons are still big on the left side. How do I make them small too?

[christophercallison]

Thank you for this, I am wondering though how you got your task manger to look like it did in windows 10

[qvttsqb]

its works but system tray, speaker, wifi, date&time are kinda off of alignment how do I fix it?

[fergusof]

Doesn't work at all for me. Tried it twice. It was already set for 2, but I just redid it anyway. Doesn't change at all.

[julla]

This fix does not work anymore in the current build of Windows 11

[girlattack]

For a person with sight issues, i'm looking for a way to increase the taskbar icons, now whenever i try something, it only increases the ones in the middle/left, but the ones on the right stay tiny. Any tips/tricks?

[BabyFrenzy]

This did not work for me for some reason

[gabriellealmodovar]

thank u so much! i currenty updated my windows system and kinda thinking whether or not go back to windows 10 ahahaha. But just a curiosity what if i wanted smaller icons, hence smaller taskbar? can i put -1? or 0 is the "smallest"?

[Harris.K]

NOT WORK on Windows 11 Insider Beta Preview 22H2 22624.1391

[Perplexer]

Too bad this works only for increasing the default Windows 11 taskbar icon size, which is already bigger than in Windows 7. So you can only really enlarge the icons with this trick. I want to make them smaller like they were in Windows 7, which also means a thinner task bar.