Adding the End Task Option to the Windows 11 TaskbarAdding the End Task Option to the Windows 11 Taskbar Problem: Windows 11 does not include an easily accessible “End Task” option in the taskbar context menu. Solution: 1. Open the Settings App: Click the Start button and select “Settings.” 2. Go to System: Navigate to the “System” section in the left-hand pane. 3. Locate For Developers: Scroll down and click on the “For developers” section. 4. Enable End Task: Find the “End Task” option and click the toggle to the “On” position. 5. Close Settings: Exit the Settings app. Result: Once you have enabled this option, a “End Task” option will appear when you right-click on the taskbar button for a running application. Simply click on this option to terminate the app. Rationale: Microsoft has hidden the End Task option in Windows 11 by default to simplify the user interface and reduce clutter. However, for users who prefer to have this option readily available, it is possible to enable it with a few simple steps.
Problematic apps can be terminated using Task Manager, but this feels like an unnecessarily long process to just kill something. How about a way to accomplish the same thing with just a few clicks?
Despite the inherent usefulness of being able to end tasks using Taskbar icons, Microsoft has seen fit to hide this option to the point where it’s not even obvious it exists. But it does. Here’s how to add an End Task option to the Windows 11 taskbar.
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Why Microsoft decided to hide the End Task option isn’t entirely clear. While it’s true that for some users it reduces clutter and confusion, for others it simply makes a daily task frustratingly long.
Microsoft seems to think that the End Tasks feature is too advanced for the vast majority of people, and has therefore decided to tuck it away as a disabled by default option for developers. However, that doesn’t mean you have to be a developer to enable it; anyone can benefit from the End Task option.
- Open the Institutions app and move to the System section
- Click For developers section
- Location the End of task option and click the switch to On position
- Close to Institutions
Now, when you right-click the Taskbar button for a running app, you’ll see a previously unavailable End Task option. Simply click to quit.
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