How I remove the pinned app from the taskbar when I already remove the app.

Hi!

I already remove the app but I forgot to unpin the app before I remove it. So after remove, the pinned app icon turns to a white paper icon as the image below and cannot unpin it anyway.

My question is how I do remove this icon out from my taskbar? It's annoying me to keep taskbar clean. Thank you in advance.

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Hi Bluish I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP here to help you.

You didn't say if you tried right clicking to Unpin from Taskbar but I'm going to assume you tried that.

Right click Start button to open Task Manager, show More Details, then choose Processes tab, scroll down to Windows Processes, then further down to Windows Explorer. Right click to Restart, click OK. Restart PC.

If that fails then try this fix from MVP Shawn Brink:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3151-reset-...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post helped you, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Last updated February 19, 2024 Views 8,352 Applies to: