How to Fix Taskbar Disappeared or Missing on Windows 11

Despite its criticism from users, the Taskbar still is an important utility on Windows 11. But what happens when it goes missing? Fret not. Here's how to get the Taskbar on Windows 11 to reappear.
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[@cornelius_aug]

Definitely Windows 11 ruined my whole laptop. What a freaking mess.

[@francorafaeldelapena967]

I agree

[@gg.131]

So true!!! Every few months there is a new issue 👎🏻

[@MahanSudagar]

HOW YOU ABLE TO FIX THIS?
PLEASE HELP

[@cornelius_aug]

@@MahanSudagar reinstall the whole windows 11 os. Couldn't fix the taskbar anyways.

[@user-un3pm8qi4g]

Yeah man

[@midvamp]

THANK YOU RESTARTING THE TASK BAR IT WORKED I DIDNT WANT TO RESTART MY COMPUTER TO LOSE MY ART

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great to hear.

[@reliven994]

Agreed

[@EverythingZinat]

Guiding tech your one in a million you have help me solve this problem for almost one hour in your tube searching for Ways how to do this yet you have me do it and it works....thank you and may God blessed you ....

[@GuidingTechCom]

You are welcome

[@belindamclaughlin9258]

Thank you so much!! I didn't realize how much I depend on my taskbar until it disappeared!

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad I could help!

[@mbizzle.]

Exactly

[@sinethembadosini956]

THANK YOU. FOR ME ITS THE SECOND OPTION THAT WORKED. You helped someone all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@alant6480]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was able to bring taskbar back by “restart” the “ widow explorer “. Thanks

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad I could help!

[@LegendaryEditz7]

Lets go! No way! My taskbar is back! The file explorer thing helped me!! Thank you Guiding Tech!

[@GuidingTechCom]

No problem! Happy to help!

[@DeathTrio120]

I did it 3 times on mine and it didn’t work 😢

[@LegendaryEditz7]

@@DeathTrio120 sed ;-;

[@veronicaphele836]

Same here

[@shantanumorey4386]

Thank You Guiding Tech! The file explorer option helped me in getting back the Task Bar! Thanx a lot.

[@GuidingTechCom]

You are welcome

[@julianserna8105]

Hi, when I do the cmd, then sfc\scannow + enter and it says the system cannot find a specific route

[@prettyzen2]

thank you- restart task worked! I work from home without any IT help. Why did this happen? Since 11 my task bar partially disappears and my clock is often hours out. But this time it completely disappeared. why??

[@siziii8601]

I have Windows 11. Restarting the file explorer helped me. Thank you so much. You saved me.❤

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped!

[@user-ru2jt2nn1z]

Thank you! Restarting Windows explorer did it for me

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great!

[@vikramjadhao9152]

thank you ... restarting the windows explorer option helped in my PC 😊

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@glace_ier]

1:13 worked for me, win + i, win r was not doing anything and thought i was doomed. tried force restarting it before and my mouse was loading and didn't force restart just went to sleep mode saw this vid, i was worried none of the shortcuts would work but ctrl shift esc did the job! tyyy

[@GuidingTechCom]

No problem. Happy to help!

[@Ronald-fe7xi]

I'm wondered why everyone gives a positive feedback. Did you really try what's shown in this video or did you just give positive feedback without trying?
This video shows the wrong command. "cd.." should be "cd .." So after 'cd' there must be a space. If you follow the instructions in this video nothing happens when you write "cd.." 🙂

[@mishaahmed2577]

the cmd and reboot step did it for me, thankyou!

[@GuidingTechCom]

No problem! Happy to help!

[@folaranmi05]

Yay! Restarting Windows Explorer through Task Manager worked for me. Many thanks

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@whisperofthebookworm5341]

Restarting windows explorer did it for me! Thank you so much!

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great to hear!

[@eldestkrikorr]

Thanks for a concise and very helpful taskbar fix video. restarting windows explorer

[@LifeCompanionDogs8083]

What do i do if if get a message "system cannot find specific route"?

[@evanss2223]

Thanks a lot!!
I got panicked.
Windows explorer thing worked for me too. Liked the video already.
You are great ❤️

[@sierragutenberg]

I can do nothing. All global shortcuts don't work anymore, I can't even restart my laptop...

[@sierragutenberg]

Guess I'll have to drain the battery...

[@silovanna]

thing is… my laptop is unresponsive and has a missing taskbar. what can i do?

[@Rakeshkumar-nc2tf]

Thank u
I was worried about it whole day .
Thanks again ❤

[@ValmisFilm]

the bigger problem is that if I have a lot of things open then it hides after 16 windows the new windows. I see no option to change that. IN W10 it worked, you could see all the windows - now they hide them and I must make extra clicks to open them. Is there a fix? Because this is ridiculous!

[@landoncarlson027]

i was skeptical of this but actually worked thanks

[@GuidingTechCom]

Happy to help

[@leafeater69]

Nothing is working even if I press the windows key and I or control shift and escape

[@ayame4650]

when i press windows + l it takes me to lock screen, what do i do?

[@Tazeemumer11]

my task bar show late in windows 11

[@Folian87]

What if the icons are still there but the taskbar is invisible?

[@5iQRecords]

Did you find fix?

[@Folian87]

@@5iQRecords yes, I found a cmd line that I had to run to reset the taskbar, and after that it came back

[@hiddenspirit9180]

​​@@Folian87plz give the command
I have the same problem

[@Folian87]

@@hiddenspirit9180 I think it was this one: reg delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\IrisService /f && shutdown -r -t 0

[@hiddenspirit9180]

@@Folian87 i have done the command but it says : ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
do you have any other ideas how to fix this ?
if u have any idea plz help bro

[@BingMySkillz]

Thank you! the Powershell command fixed it for me!

[@GuidingTechCom]

You are welcome!

[@michaciecie590]

nothing work on my deskop

[@Trueboardskate]

The file explorer restart was a huge help and gave me my taskbar I was hoping it wasn't gone forever!

[@Mr.Snowman77]

Why dont i have my file explorer i think thats the reason why i cant access my apps and stuff but also i cant open my settings with ctrl i plz help me

[@kapiteusz81]

I think I have the exact same problem, did you fix it? I even asked on the tech support subrreddit but the guy couldn't help me

[@leia7884]

Sadly none of that worked for me, the shortcut mostly don’t work and restarting the explorer thing don’t change anything
I never should have done that update

[@TheCavacat]

Did you find a solution in the end? Nothing is working for me either 😔

[@hopefaraway_]

also, if your taskbar disappeared after installing an update, go to settings > windows updates > updates history > uninstall the update

[@DijarGllava]

This comment helped me thank you!!

[@hopefaraway_]

@@DijarGllava i’m glad it did
you’re most welcome!

[@cryptandrp]

Thank you so much my friend! The file explorer one works for me!

[@HiteshChopra069]

worked for me, thank you so much for this valuable video :)

[@slavamazur5306]

Thanks, you saved my neurones from total elimination.

[@johnlloydeman4293]

Thank you very much. Very helpful

[@hosandy0417]

Very useful, problems solved. Thanks❤

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad to hear that!

[@flipping7]

Explorer.exe isnt in my task manager and the sfc/scannow didnt work after i restarted it. Can anyone help?

[@GuidingTechCom]

If the Explorer.exe is constantly not showing on your task manager, then you should perform a reset on your Windows 11 device.

[@parkour_cirque]

Omg! Windows Explorer doesn't show in task menager :(, what i meed to do?

[@kapiteusz81]

I have the same problem did you fix it?

[@samuelyoung3911]

TYSM, for me resetting the windows explorer worked

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad to hear that

[@MirabirthAlexander]

I don't know how to appreciate you guys
You're awesome 👍🏽

[@dorineomudeke]

Thank you, this was so helpful 😊

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chrishansen9379]

Thank you!! Restarting File Explorer fixed mine.

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great!

[@dreamkiss]

I need to keep restarting Windows explorer must be some kind of bug with my windows 11 install

[@GuidingTechCom]

You can try to do a fresh install of Windows and that should solve the issue.

[@__userr_]

Hey so i got this because i tried updating my laptop and then my task bar didint appear and i cant open task manager, windows + R and more stuff, how to fix

[@marymarinorexon103]

Just hit windows button on keyboard and search will come up and search file explorer then windows plus s to open task manager sorry I if this didn't help you or I replied very late.

[@toni-marielamonth8319]

Thank you, method number 2 worked for me

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@Ungkusai]

it does actually work thank you very much i love this channel

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad to hear that

[@yvonnengonyerelubya1419]

Am sorted. , I'd been so stressed!! Thank yoooou!!! Love you!!!

[@yvonnengonyerelubya1419]

And for this help, I've subscribed to your channel!

[@GuidingTechCom]

Appreciate it!

[@adityaarambh5299]

2nd Solution Worked for me.. THANK YOU very much..

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome 👍

[@moonlove4039]

Thank you this helped me!

[@dragoryu2997]

Thank You!!!!! My task bar is back!!!

[@bobjoe9592]

how do you paste the thing

[@taipayo1650]

My taskbar came back after restarting the windows explorer. Tq so much

[@Borot177]

everything doesnt work

[@marvinmeneses70]

Thanks for the information. Issues fix...

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad to help

[@narddog3717]

Thank you! it wasn’t even hidden it was just gone.

[@pawankumarvashistha417]

A Lot of thanks from Bharat !

[@GuidingTechCom]

Thank you!

[@lewiskunda4984]

This is helpful. Thank you a million tons.

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidknutson8126]

File Explorer restart did it for me. Thanks

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great!

[@benjaminliptonjr9329]

amazing video! i couldnt figure this out for my life!

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad I could help!

[@Imjust_ice]

TYSMM THIS RLLY HELPED ❤️❤️❤️

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped!

[@keithcappamore]

I feared having to restart without saving A LOT of work THANK YOU!

[@aliaaarafa1666]

Many thanks ❤️

[@GuidingTechCom]

You're welcome 😊

[@NewsCreator-PH]

thank you so much its very helpfull

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped!

[@greasyweesie36]

i cant do anything though not even ctrl alt del is doing anything

[@skirti]

have you fixed it

[@greasyweesie36]

@@skirti apparently it was my hard drive dieing

[@sanjeetkourraina2268]

thank u so much it was so helpful

[@GuidingTechCom]

You're welcome!

[@user-mp6mk7vf8j]

Thank you so much

[@great-ape]

Thanks this worked!❤

[@nqrckx]

Thxxx, The second option worked

[@GuidingTechCom]

Happy to help 🙂

[@pinkysharma2993]

Thank you so much❤

[@mubinulhoque2144]

Thanks, dear! It's working now.

[@lupaletak]

YOOO THANKSS BRO ITS REALLY HELPING MEE

[@GuidingTechCom]

Cool

[@ommkar923]

Nothing worked, the damn windows update have made it. Kindly uninstall updates

[@sarjunak2605]

Thanks, second one worked for me

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@gabrieldimaya8188]

Thank you sir. It worked for me

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome 👍

[@user-yi5hi7ob6x]

thank you! Big help!

[@GuidingTechCom]

No worries!

[@alexmeq1807]

Thank you !!! It worked

[@GuidingTechCom]

Great!

[@rs45888]

excellent help...

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@dutchkel]

It worked! Thanks

[@GuidingTechCom]

Glad it helped

[@ekzindagi97]

Thanks❤❤

[@starblack4504]

it was helpful thank you

[@GuidingTechCom]

Happy to help!

[@marcvillproductions660]

Thank you

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome!

[@jero.mikasa]

Thanks! I got nervous!

[@user-sr9gl6ri7e]

Thank you so much sir ❤❤❤❤

[@GuidingTechCom]

No problem! Happy to help!

[@user-em4mx9lo6t]

NO WAY IT WORKED

[@chouaibhamli]

restarting file explorer worked tysm👍

[@GuidingTechCom]

Happy to help

[@imfearless5348]

Cmd command worked for me thanks a lot

[@Prettytintin]

Thank you!

[@hitashidubey]

thankyou so so so much, it worked 🙏🥰

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome 👍

[@SithijaDulene]

Thankq So Much Restarting Explorer did the work ❤❤❤

[@GuidingTechCom]

Happy to help

[@vivekkuppusamy9394]

thank you

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome!

[@MrQ12elve]

no idea what happened but restarting the file explorer saved me hahahah
thanx heaps !

[@Vish_TheTechGuy]

It works thank you. 😊

[@GuidingTechCom]

Welcome 👍

[@nompiloangelmakamo5414]

Taskbar back 🙌

[@__prathams__6083]

Thank you so much it works ❤

[@yousafmazlan5965]

Thanks it worked

[@GuidingTechCom]

You're welcome!