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Adjusting Text Size on Taskbar

Douglas Drake 1 Reputation point
2025-08-16T19:14:54.6866667+00:00

Struggling to adjust font sizes within Windows 11, including taskbar

I've worked to find a balance between scaling and text size, but obstacles remain.

Screenshot shows text size on desktop, but text in taskbar is much smaller.

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Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accessibility
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  1. Yve 425 Reputation points
    2025-08-16T21:38:16.3166667+00:00

    Hi Douglas,

    Thanks for sharing what you've tried. Here’s a simple way to make things easier to read in Windows 11:

    1.Try Displaying Scaling

    • Right-click your desktop and choose Display settings
    • Under Scale, pick 125% or 150% to make everything, including the taskbar text, bigger.

    2.Adjust Text Size Only

    • Go to Settings > Accessibility > Text size
    • Move the slider to make the text larger, and hit Apply
    • Just a heads up, this usually won't affect the taskbar text much

    3.Change Taskbar size

    • Right-click the desktop, pick Personalize > Taskbar
    • If you see a Taskbar size option, choose Large

    If that still doesn't look right, let me know. You're not alone, we'll get this sorted out.

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