How To Add Gmail To Taskbar Windows 11 (Android)

For extra power, they went to and set “Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels” to Never . Now the word “Gmail” sat next to the icon. No confusion.

Frustrated, Alex opened the one browser they’d sworn to ignore: Microsoft Edge. It was already there, blue and green, watching from the Start Menu.

It stuck. The icon turned solid. It was alive.

You now have a Gmail icon on your taskbar. When you click it, it opens in its own separate window, independent of your web browser.

Best for: Users who prefer Google Chrome over Microsoft Edge.