How to show & use the Address Toolbar in Windows 10

Windows provides some pre-defined toolbars which can be accessed through the Windows Taskbar. One of these toolbars is the Address Toolbar. The Address Toolbar provides the direct access to a website from the Windows Taskbar. The Address Toolbar uses the default web browser to access websites.

In this article, we’ll follow certain steps on how to show & use the Address Toolbar in Windows 10:

Step 1:



Right click on the Windows Taskbar. Go to “Toolbars” & click on “Address” Toolbar.

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The Windows Taskbar will now display on the Address Toolbar.

Step 2:

If you wish to change the size of the toolbar, you need to uncheck whether your Windows Taskbar is locked.

If your Taskbar is locked, you can remove it by right-clicking on the Windows Taskbar & clicking on “Lock the Taskbar”.

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Hence, your Windows Taskbar will be unlocked.

Step 3:

Now, you can drag the Address Toolbar towards the pinned icons on the Windows Taskbar to make it appear larger.

You can also use the “Drop down” button & “Refresh” button in the Address Toolbar to “display the history of websites accessed through the default web browser” & “refresh the current website in the web browser” respectively.

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Step 4:

For accessing a website through the Address Toolbar, enter the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a particular website and Press “Enter” key.



For instance, we’ve entered the URL of Facebook i.e. www.facebook.com.

Now, the website will open through the default web browser specified by the user.

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For instance, “Edge” is currently the default web browser in our system. So, the website will open through the Edge web browser.