Disable changing the taskbar size
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Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox

Supported OS tags: Windows11

This policy setting allows you to prevent users from changing the size of the taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, the taskbar is set to the default size and the taskbar size setting is grayed out in the Settings app. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can change the size of the taskbar in the Settings app.

Internal name
DisableTaskbarSize
Policy ID
a58938998878
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableTaskbarSize
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableTaskbarSize
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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