Quick summary
You can pin YouTube to the taskbar on Windows by creating a Chrome shortcut and dragging it to the taskbar for one-click access. This method turns YouTube into a taskbar app icon without needing any third-party software.
Steps
- Open Chrome and navigate to youtube.com, then click the three-dot menu and select Cast, save and share > Create shortcut.
- Name the shortcut YouTube and click Create to save it to your desktop.
- Find the YouTube shortcut on your desktop and drag it to the taskbar to pin it.
- Click the YouTube icon on the taskbar to confirm it opens YouTube correctly.
- Right-click the taskbar icon — if you see Unpin from taskbar, YouTube is successfully pinned.
