If you check now, you can see that your taskbar has the date in the custom format with dots. If you want any other format, you can type that instead as well. In that case, type in the format as dd.MM.yyyy.

Let’s say you want dots(.) instead of slashes(/) in your date field. Step 3: Here you have the provision to edit the custom format. Step 2: To custom format date, click on the Date tab and then click on the text field against the option Short date. Step 1: In the Region window, under the Formats tab again, click on the Additional settings button. How to Custom Format Date in Windows 11 Taskbar If you are not satisfied with the default formats that windows provides for displaying date and time in your machine, then you can very well create your own format too. If you look at the taskbar now, you can see that the AM/PM part is removed. Once done, click on Apply and Ok buttons. In the Formats tab of the Region window, click on the drop down menu associated with Short time. If you want to remove the tt part, that is, if you want to remove the PM or AM part, please follow the step below.

Apart from the default one, the other option is to remove AM/PM from the time. Windows has only 2 presets for time format. Please refer to the below screenshot for example: Windows 11 has the default format for time as h:mm tt, where tt is AM or PM. How to Switch the Default Time Format in Windows 11 Taskbar Step 3: If you now look at the right corner of your taskbar, you can see that the date format has changed.

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