Taskbar is the place on your monitor’s screen where all the programs are launched and you can have full control over them. But although a Windows system does not allow controlling the behavior of the components that much efficiently like inux systems do, one common option to auto-hide it is certainly available. Thus when you auto-hide the taskbar you get more space on the screen. To do so, follow these simple steps as illustrated,

Step 1:

Right Click on any free area on the taskbar and in the window that pops up click on “Properties. See in the screenshot,

Step 2:

Once you do so the following window will open up. You can see two options there, “Taskbar” and “Start Menu”. Make sure you are on the “Taskbar” option here.

Step 3:

As you can see there are a number of options available. But for our purpose we need only two of them named “Auto-hide the taskbar” and “Keep the taskbar on top of other windows”. Check both the boxes. And press “Ok”.

Now you can see whenever your taskbar is idle it will auto-hide itself. And when you need it just keep your mouse pointer on any area where the taskbar should be and It will display again. Checking the other option “Keep the taskbar on top of other windows” will enable it show above other windows if any.