How do you put in a request to get the entire Windows 11 taskbar moved to the Left Pane of the screen? This would satisfy many of us.

Just upgraded to windows 11 on 3/25/2025:

How do you put in a request to get the entire Windows 11 taskbar moved to the Left Pane of the screen? This would satisfy many of us.

I know you can select alignment left in settings but this only moves the search and the app's over to the left side.

I want the entire taskbar to be moved to the left pane of the window (like you could do in windows 10 and windows server 2022).

In those versions you could move the taskbar to top, bottom, left and right. Please put that back for windows 11.

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Hello Michael,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community!

As I understand you want to place a request (feedback) to move the entire Windows 11 taskbar to the Left Pane of the screen. I feel sorry for you. Rest assured I shall assist you towards the issue resolution.

Please review the below information and follow the troubleshooting steps on your end to resolve this issue:  

1) To change the taskbar alignment

  1. Right-click on the taskbar and choose Taskbar settings (gear icon), or use the shortcut: Taskbar

  2. Expand Taskbar behaviors and select your desired option for Taskbar alignment

Customize the Taskbar in Windows - Microsoft Support

Navigate and explore the Windows taskbar - Microsoft Support

Please note: The taskbar settings allow you to align taskbar icons in the center or on the left. There are no settings for moving a taskbar to the top or to the side of the screen. The taskbar is positioned at the bottom of the screen.

Further, refer the requests of other users for the same concern and the answers provided to them in the community at the below links:

How do you move the Entire Taskbar to the left side of the Screen - Microsoft Community

moving the entire windows taskbar to the left of the screen in a - Microsoft Community

As an alternative, you can configure the taskbar behaviors by customizing the layout of the taskbar, wherein you can change various behaviors which includes how the taskbar responds to various actions, such as automatically hiding when not in use, so to enhance your experience.

Thus, Windows 11 currently does not have a built-in option to move the entire taskbar to the left side of the screen like in previous or other versions of Windows such as 10 and Windows Server 2022. It is possible to align the taskbar icons to the left, however the taskbar itself remains fixed at the bottom.

You could definitely request this feature. Please provide feedback directly to Microsoft through the Feedback Hub. Submit feedback under the Taskbar customization section.

  1. Press Win + F to open the Feedback Hub.

  2. Click Suggest a feature or Report a problem.

  3. Describe your request, for example "Allow the entire taskbar to be moved to the left side of the screen in Windows 11."

  4. Click Submit.

Microsoft may bring back this feature in the near future in their updates if more users request it.

Let us know if the above provided information and instructions resolved your issue. 

Please feel free to revert in case the issue still persists providing the outcome and let us know what exactly you are seeing and where you are seeing it.

Kindly share more details about the computer or device such as the exact Windows 11 edition and version, and any other related details that you think are relevant to troubleshoot this issue. 

You could also share with us the message, error number, error message, screenshot, the steps to reproduce the issue so we can assist you better.

Best Regards,

Bill

Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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