Never combine taskbar buttons (show labels) — via NinjaOne

Hidden settinglow riskWindows 11 22H2 (build 22621.2361) and later

Windows 11 now lets you show every open window as its own taskbar button with its title, like Windows 7–10 could. Great if you juggle several windows of the same app.

Takes effect right away

How to do it

Settings → Personalization → Taskbar → Taskbar behaviors.
Set Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels to Never. There's a separate drop-down for other taskbars if you use several monitors.

The setting is stored per user as TaskbarGlomLevel under Explorer\Advanced (0 = always combine, 1 = when taskbar is full, 2 = never). The group policy "Prevent grouping of taskbar items" overrides it if set.

Sources

How to never combine taskbar buttons — by NinjaOne

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.

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