Disable flashing of apps in the taskbar

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Disable flashing of apps in the taskbar

When an app, service or notification asks for your attention in Windows 11, you will see a red icon in the taskbar that starts flashing.

Flashing an icon can be annoying. In Windows 11, you can disable the flashing of taskbar apps. In previous versions, this required you to make a change via the Windows registry.

This article shows you how to disable or enable the flashing of apps that need your attention. Make sure you have the Windows 11 22H2 update has installed.

Disable flashing of apps in the taskbar

Open the Settings. You do this by right-clicking on the Start button. Then click on “Settings” in the menu.

On the left in the settings, click on “personal settings”. After this, click on “taskbar” to open the taskbar settings.

Open taskbar settings

Then click on “Taskbar Behavior” at the bottom. In the taskbar settings, then change the option “Show flashing on taskbar apps” to “off”.

Show flashing on taskbar apps

To enable flashing apps in the taskbar again, change the “Show flashing on taskbar apps” option to “on”.

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I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!


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