How to Make Taskbar Icons Bigger in Windows 10

1. Download Restoro PC Repair Tool that comes with Patented Technologies (patent available here).
2. Click Start Scan to find Windows issues that could be causing PC problems.
3. Click Repair All to fix issues affecting your computer’s security and performance

• Restoro has been downloaded by 0 readers this month.

Taskbar has always been an essential part of Windows, and over the years it has changed. Speaking of changes, users complain that Taskbar icons are too small in Windows 10, so today we’re going to show you how to make Taskbar icons bigger in Windows 10.

Make Taskbar icons bigger in Windows 10

Solution 1 – Change the display scaling

If your Taskbar icons look too small, perhaps you can fix this issue by changing the display scaling setting. Sometimes your applications and icons can appear smaller especially on a larger display, and this is why many users use display scaling feature.

Before we show you how to change the display scaling setting, we should mention that this feature will also change the size of text and other elements on your screen. Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn’t have the built-in option that allows you to change the size of Taskbar icons, so if you choose to use the display scaling option, bear in mind that you’ll increase the size of other elements as well. To change the display scaling option, do the following:

1. Open the Settings app . You can do that instantly by using Windows Key + I shortcut.
2. Now go to the System section.
   
3. Locate Change the size of text, apps, and other items option and change it to 125%.
   

After doing that, the size of your icons, text, and apps will change. This change will also affect the size of your Taskbar icons. If the elements on your screen look too big after making this change, revert the settings to the default value and proceed to the next solution.

Solution 2 – Make sure that you’re not using small icons

Sometimes your Taskbar icons might look too small if you have small Taskbar buttons option enabled. Windows 10 has two sizes available for Taskbar icons, normal and small, and you can change the size of the Taskbar icons by doing the following:

1. Open the Settings app and go to the Personalization section.
   
   
2. Now select Taskbar from the left pane. In the right pane, be sure to disable Use small taskbar buttons option.

If this feature is already disabled, it means that you’re using the normal size for Taskbar icons. Unfortunately, there’s no way to further increase the size of Taskbar icons without using third-party solutions.

Solution 3 – Use StartIsBack++ tool

Another third-party solution that might help you increase the size of your Taskbar icons is StartIsBack++. This tool was originally designed for Windows 8 in order to restore Start Menu , but it can also be used to customize the look of your Taskbar.

To change the size of the Taskbar icons, you just need to do the following:

1. Run StartIsBack++.
2. Go to the Appearance tab from the left pane. In the right pane, check Use larger taskbar option.
3. Click Apply and OK and you’re good to go.

As you can see, changing the size of Taskbar icons is simple with this tool, but bear in mind that this tool isn’t free, but it’s available for a free trial, so you might want to try it out.

These are some of the ways that you can use to change the size of Taskbar icons. Windows 10 doesn’t have the option to manually increase the size of Taskbar icons, so if the first two solutions didn’t fix the problem for you, you’ll have to use third-party software to change the size of Taskbar icons.

Over the years Taskbar has changed and although it has been present from the earliest versions of Windows, it has remained it the crucial part of every Windows. Earliest versions of Windows didn’t have Quick Launch icons, instead you could only see the list of currently opened apps.

How Do I Get Small Icons On Taskbar Toolbars?

Windows 10 Pro x64 1709

For example I added the Quick Launch toolbar to the taskbar and selected View—>Small icons:

But the icons are not small:

How do I change to small icons on the toolbar?

Replies (11) 

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

Right-click an open area of the Taskbar > Taskbar settings

Then toggle the «Use small taskbar buttons» to «On»

2 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

That only affects the icons on the taskbar itself — not the ones on the toolbars.

It also removes the Search window.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

>If you select «View» and then select «Large Icons» are the icons much larger?
Yes

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

So the small icons may be larger than expected.

If so, the issue may be with your user account.

In that case try creating a new user account and see if the issue exists in that user account.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How to increase size of icons in taskbar Windows 10

Replies (26) 

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

Are you using Windows 10? It would be helpful if you could be more specific as to what steps you have followed.

Try updating Windows by typing «check for updates» in the Cortana search window, located on the left corner of task bar and let the machine finish installing updates. If you have not updated your PC for a long time, it may ask you to restart your PC.

Next, type «Taskbar settings» in the same «Search/Cortana» window to reach the window shown below:

With Taskbar selected (highlighted in gold in the sample) click on the button under «Use small taskbar buttons» — or in your case in might read «Use large taskbar buttons».

This will change «off» to «on» position and you will see the taskbar icons change to a larger or smaller size.

2 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks for the post. I tried to make it clear that I want icons which are the same height but about one half the width.

The small icon setting makes them smaller in both directions. I have had my Icons in a narrower

size but updating or recovering a backup etc. makes them back to normal.

I have tried everything to find a setting for this but without any luck. I just recovered a backup because the Fall update is causing a very difficult problem.

Thanks for trying, I appreciate it.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

1 person found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Hi there — I think I have the solution you need.

Right click on the desktop background (long press if using touch), select «display settings». Of the few options, one is a slider under the description «Change the size of text, apps and other items: x%». The default for my laptop was 100%, the slider can
take you to 175%. For me, 125% is perfect.

W10 taskbar icons too small

I just upgraded to Windows 10, and it’s working well. Some cosmetic features not so much. How can I adjust the size of the taskbar icons. They seem to be squeezed by the BING search bar, which is very annoying.

Replies (26) 

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Please follow the steps given below:

1. Right click on the taskbar.

2. Click on properties.

3. Uncheck the option use small taskbar buttons.

Hope the information helps to fix the issue, if you have any further queries, feel free to post. We are here to assist you.

5 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

I would agree that the Windows 10 taskbar buttons/icons are too small, much smaller than Win 7 or 8. The response below suggests going into the taskbar Properties and unchecking ‘use small taskbar buttons’, but I have had this unchecked the whole time, and the taskbar buttons are still too small, annoyingly so.

7 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

I would agree that the Windows 10 taskbar buttons/icons are too small, much smaller than Win 7 or 8. The response below suggests going into the taskbar Properties and unchecking ‘use small taskbar buttons’, but I have had this unchecked the whole time, and the taskbar buttons are still too small, annoyingly so.

Elsewhere in other threads, the community has raised similar issues and Microsoft’s only response has been that the size of the Taskbars Icons is related to the GUI. However, if RobbiePeele’s observation is correct, then Microsoft has deliberately made these changes .

So the question is, when are Microsoft going to do something about it?

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the euphoria of meeting the schedule has been forgotten.

10 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Hi Robbie and Ian,

Can you both please post a screen shot of the task bar icons so that we can check if this is the default size or if the icons are smaller than the default size. Refer to this article to post a screenshot in this forum:

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

I have a 27″ Dell P2714H Analog monitor using the recommended resolution settings of 1920 x 1080.

Enclosed is my screen shot —

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the euphoria of meeting the schedule has been forgotten.

8 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

We appreciate your time and effort to get back to us with the required information.

As per the screenshot provided, it is clear that the size of the taskbar icons is normal. The taskbar icons will appear exactly the same as they were in the screenshot, if you have set to use the small taskbar icons.

You may try to create the new user account and check to isolate the issue. This will help to figure out if the user profile is corrupted. Follow the below link to create new user account.

Create a local user account in Windows 10

After creating the new user account, check whether you are able to use the normal and small size taskbar icons. Refer to the suggestions provided by the Guru Kiran G in the above posts for changing the size of the taskbar icons.

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

From my ‘normal’ user I was able to change the size of the taskbar icons; first, by checking ‘Use small taskbar buttons’ and the icons diminished in size, and by unchecking the option, the icons reverted to the ‘normal’ size.

I then created a test user and I was able to reproduce the effect by checking and unchecking the option.

Just to emphasise the point, the issue is not about changing the size of the taskbar icons; it’s about the ‘normal’ size being way too small.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the euphoria of meeting the schedule has been forgotten.

16 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Are you still facing the issue?

Have you tried the suggestions? What were the results? Please let us know so that we may continue with further troubleshooting steps.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, I’m still facing this issue.

Please see earlier posts in this thread.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the euphoria of meeting the schedule has been forgotten.

5 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

And, yes, I am still facing the issue as well. The screenshot posted earlier shows my problem too, and is the same thing I’m seeing. Here is one good way to see the issue: one similar monitors, compare W10 to Windows 7 or 8.1, and you will see the difference in the Taskbar icons immediately. I’d say the W10 icons are 50% the size of either W7 or W8.1; if you set the W10 option to use the smaller icons, they are now 25% the size of W7/W8.1. Compared to the earlier Windows versions, even the W10 larger icons are annoyingly small. This is our issue in a nutshell. And I think my complaint is Microsoft taking away something I (and many others) liked in W7/W8.1, and had no problem, especially on today’s larger screens. If you want smaller icons, fine; at least also give us an option to have Taskbar icons the same size as W7/W8.1.

16 people found this reply helpful

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn’t help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.