Microsoft has announced the return of one of the most requested features by Windows 11 users since the operating system's launch: the ability to move the taskbar to different screen positions.
The company has confirmed this novelty in an official publication of the Windows Insider program, the channel where it tests new features before their general deployment, where it explains that users will be able to choose the taskbar's location again within the system's configuration options.
With this change, Windows 11 will recover a customization possibility that already existed in previous versions of the operating system and that disappeared with the arrival of this version.
What changes in Windows 11
According to Microsoft, users will be able to modify the taskbar's position from the settings menu. The company explains that this option will be available within the personalization section, in the taskbar settings, where the preferred location can be selected.
The announcement is part of a new test build distributed through the Windows Insider program, so the feature is not yet part of the stable version available to all users.
Along with this change, Microsoft has also announced other new features related to system customization, such as new visual options for the taskbar and adjustments to the Start menu experience.
A feature removed with the arrival of Windows 11
The ability to move the taskbar was part of the usual customization options in previous Windows versions. With the launch of Windows 11, Microsoft redesigned the interface and removed some previously available features, including that ability to freely change the taskbar's location.
Since then, that absence had been one of the recurring requests from users of the operating system. Now, Microsoft officially confirms the return of that option, although for now only within the testing environment for users enrolled in the Insider program.
The company has not yet specified when this feature will arrive in the general version of the operating system for all Windows 11 users.