Windows 11 may sometimes fail to display app icons on your taskbar.

Suppose youmanually pin your apps to the taskbar.

In that case, you may occasionally notice theres an empty space where the app icon should be.

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If restarting your system did not solve the problem, pursue the troubleshooting steps below.

Then log back in, and verify if your taskbar app icons show up now.

If the issue persists, uninstall recently installed updates.

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If this problem started occurring shortly afterinstalling the latest updates, remove the updates you installed.

This glitch could be because of software bugs.

look to see if your taskbar app icons are visible now.

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Conclusion

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