Change Taskbar Icon Size

That has nothing to do with the taskbar icons which are huge and not appropriate for a working environment.

Adjusting the scaling is global and not taskbar specific.

It may look "nice" to some casual users but for those working with dozens of programs simultaneously, the Windows 11 taskbar restriction to a single row and these huge icons at 100% are a pain.

To reduce the icon size and get two rows you can use third party software like ExplorerPatcher.

I hope Microsoft will find a way to pay respect to their long standing users in working environments and not just create an OS interface for casual use.

Not a good answer. I don't want to change all the display settings, only make the the taskbar icons smaller to fit them all on.

Hi, I have the same problem too, my windows went through an update and suddenly I have extra large icons on my taskbar. Previously it wasn't that large.

What I did was I went to:

1. Taskbar Settings
2. Under the "Taskbar Behaviors"
3. Untick the options for "Optimize Taskbar for Touch Interactions when this device is used as a tablet"

Then, my taskbar went back to normal size.

I hope it helps. It's just I'm not sure if other computers have this option as well.

Hi. There is an a real, real easy solution for making Taskbar icons small in Windows 11: Right click on your Desktop and choose Display settings. In Display settings go to Scale in Scale & layout. You do now change the Scale from 125% and to 100%. Now close the Display settings and your screen does now look like Windows 10 has miraculously reappeared on your Desktop. Perhaps also Move the Taskbar text to the Left on your desktop instead of in the Center by doing this: Right click on the grey area of the Taskbar and choose Taskbar settings and next choose Taskbar behaviors and finally change the Taskbar behavior from Center to Left.

there is no such option

Optimize Taskbar for Touch Interactions when this device is used as a tablet"

where do you se that ???