TranslucentTB is a Open Source Windows program in the Other category, developed by Charles Milette. The current version is 2026.1; you can download it safely from its official source with the download button above.
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.
✨ Features
taskbartranslucenttransparent
📝 Release notes (2026.1)
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.
SHA-256: 8E70E413CD7D9B502872DF536E217B15C640C792CE55266EAAC45C6B0D57270D
