TranslucentTB

Charles Milette · CharlesMilette.TranslucentTB

A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.

A lightweight (uses a few MB of RAM and almost no CPU) utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

winget install --id CharlesMilette.TranslucentTB --exact --source winget

Latest 2026.1

Release Notes

Bug fixes

  • Use a thread for initial XAML diagnostics initialization, to hopefully solve time out issues
  • Make MultitaskingViewVisibilitySink agile to hopefully reduce issues with desktop switching and Win-Tab
  • Add functionality to allow killing Explorer when the package gets uninstalled, which should solve issues when the app is immediately reinstalled after being uninstalled
  • Fix compatibility issues with application that fake a taskbar Various improvements/changes
  • Support taskbar preview via window messages As always, you can download this release from the Microsoft Store, or by downloading and opening the TranslucentTB.appinstaller file below. Additionally, Windows 11 users can download the portable version by downloading TranslucentTB-portable-x64.zip.

Installer type: msix

Architecture Scope Download SHA256
x64 Download 8E70E413CD7D9B502872DF536E217B15C640C792CE55266EAAC45C6B0D57270D
arm64 Download 8E70E413CD7D9B502872DF536E217B15C640C792CE55266EAAC45C6B0D57270D

Details

Homepage
https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB
License
GPL-3.0
Publisher
Charles Milette
Support
https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB/issues
Copyright
Copyright © 2026 TranslucentTB Open Source Developers

Tags

taskbartranslucenttransparent

Older versions (4)

2025.1
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2025.1.0.0
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