What is this stupid bar, and I how do I disable it from ever showing?

yo 0 Reputation points
2025-12-13T18:55:16.04+00:00

When I click the blue Windows icon on the bottom taskbar, some stupid bar has been showing at the top of my screen. It shows different apps and I thinks, but I genuinely hate this. How can I disable it and change it back to showing what it normally did?Screenshot 2025-12-13 134658

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accessibility
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  1. Alvise Cervellati 1,405 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-12-13T19:40:21.0533333+00:00

    Hi yo, welcome in community

    Maybe it's a bar installed with some recent software, open the task manager, then go to the startup app, then look for an app that remind you a bar(or something that you don't know)

    Then you should remove it by pressing WIN + X - installed apps

    Otherwise, try to click on the bar and see if there is some info about it

    Let me know

    Elvis

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  2. GTS-NJ 240 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-12-13T21:30:13.8866667+00:00

    That may be the Microsoft Game bar. This might help -

    Uninstall Game Bar

    https://quic.hkg1.meaqua.org/en-us/answers/questions/5655806/uninstall-game-bar

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