Scroll down to Accent color . Choose a preset or click View colors to create a custom one.
Choose a color from the grid or check Automatically pick an accent color from my background . how to change the taskbar color
If you cannot check the box to apply the color to the taskbar, it is because Windows is in "Light" mode. Windows does not allow custom taskbar colors in Light mode to ensure text remains readable. Scroll down to Accent color
Set "Choose your default Windows mode" to Dark . This is crucial—Windows 11 does not allow taskbar color changes in Light mode. If you cannot check the box to apply
If the built-in options aren't enough, tools like (available in the Microsoft Store) allow you to make the taskbar completely invisible or use dynamic styling based on whether a window is maximized.
Since Microsoft has changed the Settings layout significantly between versions, I’ve split this into clear sections.