How to Set Custom Taskbar Icons in Windows 10 / 11

In this video I will show you how to set custom taskbar icons in Windows 10 and Windows 11. This can help create a cleaner and better looking Windows desktop environment!

This video is for educational purposes. I'm not responsible for any damages! Follow at your own risk!

[TheHowToGuy]

If you'd like to revert to the default taskbar icon for your program, try to unpin and repin the program to the taskbar. If that does not work, head back to the change icon option and find and select the .exe for the program. You should then have the option to set the default icon. You'll the need to restart windows explorer again to get the icon to show.

[wolfishxwillow]

Oh man, I would never have figured out how to find the properties on those shortcuts myself. Thanks for the helpful video, it was exactly what I needed!

[malkogindrat]

Great tutorial. In Linux we constantly change themes, icons, mouse pointer, but in windows it is so obvious that I never thought of using this feature for the taskbar (instead of the desktop). Your flat/2 colors icons look cool!

[him]

Nice content, keep it up buddy. Really really good guide.

[yBoy.]

Thank you very much. Can you maybe tell me what icons you are using

[sage_lyn]

I didn't realize that you needed to restart the desktop! that is the only thing i was missing and I was so confused

[dottydot]

Brilliant thank you. Can I ask where did you get your desktop picture from, I love it. Thank you

[overryde]

Is there a way to do this with the Xbox App? I tried it the way in the video but it didn't work.

[builder]

Not sure what it is on my computer, but some of my apps just show up as a default screen icon, even when the preferences say it should be the app icon. I'll see if it still does that after changing it, though.

[theSHTAS]

I did everything, even the icons are how they're supposed to be on the properties, but they won't change in the taskbar. How??

[heduartorres]

Im trying to do this on win10 but my icons look blurry after i change them, whats the adequate resolution for the ico files ? Is there a fix for this ? And also why doesnt the libraries icon change ? I'm tryng to change it to the windows 7 icon. Has anyone successfully change it on win10?

[literallbanana]

hey man can you share your custom icons? i love them

[dimakinder]

i chnged the explorer icon, restarted the explorer and my computer but nothing has changed, help!

[lawluu]

How did you make your taskbar transparent with a gradient like that?