By Mayank Parmar
Publication Date: 2026-04-01 11:53:00
Microsoft has already confirmed it’s working on a movable taskbar for Windows 11, and it will be similar to what we had on Windows 10. Now, some users argued that the feature would take months to ship, largely because of the company’s reputation. But as I reported, Microsoft is serious about meeting deadlines, and the movable taskbar is finally here.

Microsoft is internally testing the movable taskbar, and I’m told that it’s almost ready for Windows Insider rollout. Ahead of the rollout, an engineer at Microsoft shared a video on X showing an early version of the movable taskbar. While the video has already been deleted, I saved a copy, and you can watch it below.
Now, it’s important to note a few things here.
First, this video was captured in a virtual machine running an internal build of Windows 11, so it’s rough, including the animations and how the right-click menu opens….