Microsoft could also be including a brand new customization possibility in an upcoming Home windows 11 replace – one that might handle a characteristic {that a} good quantity of customers discover annoying.

In keeping with Twitter person @PhantomOfEarth (opens in new tab) and reported on by MSPowerUser (opens in new tab), the Home windows 11 Dev Insider construct 25300 comprises three strings that make turning off the date and time on the system tray on the proper facet of the Taskbar an possibility. These strings are ‘Disguise taskbar clock,’ ‘Disguise time and date within the system tray,’ and ‘Flip this on to cover your time and date data within the nook of your taskbar.’ Almost certainly the setting can be positioned on the Taskbar, as different settings that configure it are positioned there. 

Nonetheless, that is all nonetheless mere conjecture at this level. Discovering these strings contained in the construct does not assure implementation. And even when it was confirmed the characteristic could be coming to Home windows 11, we nonetheless don’t have a launch date.

What does this imply for Home windows 11?

Personally, I discover the date and time on the Taskbar one of the vital customary and helpful options on the OS. It’s extraordinarily handy to easily look to the proper and see the precise time of day, particularly when absorbed in different tasks that will in any other case intrude with my idea of time.

Nonetheless, having extra customization choices is rarely a nasty factor and, contemplating it now, Home windows 11 is lengthy overdue for some overhauls in that regard. One other characteristic that may very well be helpful is the power to show a number of time zones on the Taskbar –helpful for work environments that require communication and teamwork between staffers world wide.

There are many different options Microsoft might take a look at out, and if this one does drop and turns into standard, that hopefully means much more choices sooner or later.