
Doing so will add the date below the time. When that happens, hold down the left mouse button button and drag it up to change the width of the taskbar. You will notice it turns into a double-sided arrow. Now move your cursor to the top edge of the taskbar. If it is not already checked, go to the next step. In the menu that appears, deselect the option ‘Lock the taskbar’. Right-click on the taskbar to unlock the taskbar. First, make sure the taskbar is not locked. Here, turn off ‘Use small taskbar’ buttonsĪnother way to get the date back is to make the taskbar bigger. You can also right-click on the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. To do this, go to Settings> Personalization> Taskbar.

Hence, you have to disable it to make the date visible. Basically, if you enable this setting, the taskbar will shrink and the date will be hidden. Remember I said at the beginning of the post that playing around with the taskbar settings was a mess up the date? The culprit was a small taskbar buttons settings. In such cases, follow these solutions to fix the problem. Often only the date disappears from the taskbar. Second, scroll down on the same screen and turn off ‘Show color on start, taskbar and action center’. Uncheck ‘Automatically choose an accent color from my background’. First, go to Settings> Personalization> Colors. Therefore, in order to see the clock again, you need to change some personalization settings and check if it makes any difference. Maybe the accent color and clock color don’t sync properly, causing it to turn black. If you change your PC’s accent color, there is a setting that will apply it to the taskbar as well. To do this, go to Settings> Personalization> Themes. If changing the wallpaper doesn’t bring the clock back, try changing the theme of your PC.

You can also right-click on the desktop and Personalize from the menu. To do this, go to Settings> Personalization> Wallpaper. All you need to do is change the background. Sometimes the Windows background is damaged resulting in the invisible clock on the taskbar. If the clock is there, but it’s dimmed or shaded, making it difficult to see the date and time, here’s what to do. You can also right-click anywhere on the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings.
