Windows Taskbar Settings

You can move to the Taskbar in Windows by pressing Windows key + T. Once focused on the Taskbar, press Alt + Enter and this will take you straight to the settings page for the Windows Taskbar.
This is particularly useful if you have recently moved to Windows 11. In here you can align the Start button and apps to the left (as on Windows 10), show/hide search, widgets, chat and task view icons, and choose which icons appear in the system tray area of the taskbar.