How to Show or Hide Taskbar Clock (Time, Date) in Windows 11

This article will help you in enabling or disabling the clock or time and date information in Taskbar notification area in Windows 11 operating system.

Following image shows a comparison of date and time (clock) visible or hidden in Windows 11 Taskbar system tray:

All Windows versions display a clock containing time and date in Taskbar notification area or system tray. Many times you may want to hide or remove this clock or date/time from Taskbar. For example, you want to capture a screen recording and don’t want to show the time and date information in the recorded video. In past, users required to blur or hide the date/time in captured video using the screen recording software but now you can easily hide the clock in Windows 11 using a few steps given below in this article.

In the recently released feature update for Windows 11, Microsoft has added a new option to show or hide time and date information easily in Taskbar system tray.

If you also want to show or hide the clock in Windows 11 Taskbar, first of all make sure to download and install the latest updates available for your Windows 11 device. You’ll need to enable “Get the Latest Updates as Soon as They’re Available” toggle option on Settings -> Windows Update page to receive the latest Windows 11 update right now.

Once you install the latest updates in your Windows 11 device, you can enable or disable the Taskbar clock using following steps:

STEP 1: Right-click on the clock (time/date info) or notification (bell) icon present at the right-side corner of the Taskbar and select “Adjust date and time” option from the context menu. It’ll open Time & Language -> Date & Time settings page.

Alternatively, you can open the same page using Settings app from Start Menu or by pressing WIN+I keys together and then go to “Time & Language -> Date & Time” section.

STEP 2: Now you’ll see a new option “Show time and date in the System tray” which is set to On by default which means Windows 11 will show the clock or date and time in Taskbar system tray.

STEP 3: To enable and show the clock with date and time information in Taskbar notification area, set the “Show time and date in the System tray” toggle option to ON.

To disable and hide the clock with date and time information in Taskbar notification area, set the “Show time and date in the System tray” toggle option to OFF.

That’s it. Windows 11 will immediately add or remove the clock in Taskbar notification area.

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