Customize Your Windows 11 Taskbar Like a Pro with Windhawk

If you love tweaking your Windows experience, there’s a free tool you need to know about: Windhawk. This powerful Windows customizer lets you completely change how your Start Menu and taskbar look and behave by using something called mods.

One popular mod is Taskbar Clock Customization. It started as a way to customize the Windows 11 taskbar clock, but now you can add extra system information like download/upload speed, CPU and RAM usage, weather, and more.

For example, you can have your taskbar display:

• Time and date

• CPU and RAM usage

• Network speed

• Weather updates

How to Get Started

1. Download Windhawk from its official website: windhawk.net

2. Install and open it.

3. Go to Explore and search for Taskbar Clock Customization.

4. Install the mod, then go to your installed mods section.

5. Click Details to see customization options.

Customization Options

• Change the time format (12-hour or 24-hour)

• Choose what appears on the top or bottom lines of the taskbar clock

• Add or remove date, weather, CPU/RAM stats, or network speeds

• Customize font, text color, and labels (e.g., replace “RAM” with “R”)

• Set a custom weather location

• Even add web content like RSS feeds

You can arrange information however you like. For example, put weather on the top row and CPU/RAM usage on the bottom, or show only network speeds. It’s all up to you.

Extra Tip

If you also want temperature monitoring on your taskbar, check out Traffic Monitor, a free and open-source tool on GitHub. It can display CPU, RAM, network speed, and temperature anywhere on your taskbar.

I’ve also made a video on this topic — you can watch it below.

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