Note that this is different from the option in iTunes to minimize to the notification area. You can click the little arrow at the bottom right and here you have a few more options, such as Repeat Off, Repeat All, Repeat One and Shuffle. You can pause the current song, skip to the previous or next song, and adjust the volume. You should now see the iTunes controls minimized to the lower-right corner of the Windows taskbar. Now click the minimize button in the upper right corner of the window.

By default, if you minimize iTunes in Windows, it just goes to the taskbar as a rectangle like all Windows programs do If you want it to appear with music controls, you first need to right-click on the taskbar and go to the toolbar and then select iTunes. Even though I’ve been using iTunes for a long time, I apparently didn’t know one of the software’s most useful features: the fact that iTunes can be minimized and manipulated from the Windows taskbar just like Windows Media Player! So, if you always use iTunes to play music and didn’t know this little trick yet, here’s how to set up iTunes so that it can be controlled from the Windows taskbar.īy control, I mean you can pause and pause a song, skip to the next song, etc.

Itunes minimize to taskbar