
Select Region from the sidebar and change your region to a foreign country where Cortana is not available right now. Press Windows key+I to open Settings and click on Time & Language. Thanks Microsoft for providing such diverse options for customization. That will keep the light or white mode on everywhere in Windows, but it will turn the Taskbar dark. Set Windows mode to Dark and Default app mode to Light. You will notice some additional options now. If you want your Taskbar in a dark flavor but the rest of the Windows menu in white, choose Custom from the same menu. It’s time you come over to the dark side. You can always change these settings later. These are system-wide color settings or what you would normally call a theme. Note that this setting will turn the Taskbar as well as the rest of the interface of the system dark. From the drop-down menu, select the Dark option. So, go back to Taskbar settings like you did above and click on Colors.Ĭheck the Choose your color option to see if the selection option is white. Yes, even the Windows 10 Dark Mode can act up at times. Now return to the desktop and check if the Taskbar still white or not. Head to ‘Choose your accent color’ and uncheck the ‘Automatically pick an accent color from my background’ option. You can also disable the accent color option altogether.

Taskbar may have turned white because it has taken a hint from the desktop wallpaper, also known as the accent color. Uncheck the box for ‘Start, taskbar, and action center’ option. On the right side, scroll to the bottom of the page till you see the ‘Show accent color on the following surfaces’ heading.

Right-click on the Taskbar and select Taskbar settings.Ĭlick on Colors tab on the left-side bar. Here are four ways how to restore your Taskbar that suddenly goes white in Windows 10.
