Phone Turn On or Off Show Badge on Phone Link icon on Taskbar in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show badge on Phone Link icon on the taskbar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your iPhone or Android phone, you can view and manage your Android device notifications on your PC.

You can turn on or off showing a badge on the Phone Link app's icon on the taskbar as part of managing your notifications. These badges are lightweight notifications that are contextual. For example, the badge can show a number for how many unread messages or missed calls you have from your Android phone.

If you turn off Show badges on taskbar apps in Windows 10/11 Settings, then a badge will not show on the Phone Link taskbar icon even if Show badge on taskbar is turned on in the Phone Link app settings.

EXAMPLE: Show badge on Phone Link taskbar icon turned on and off








1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on General in the middle Settings pane.

4 Under Badges in the right General pane, turn On (default) or Off Show badges for unread messages and notifications on your PC's taskbar for what you want.

Turning this off will override Option Two (notifications), Option Three (messages), and Option Four (calls).

5 If turned on, select Clear when I view unread items (default) or Clear when I view that category of items in the drop menu for what you want.







1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Features in the middle Settings pane.

4 Under Notifications in the right Features pane, turn On (default) or Off Show badge on taskbar for what you want.

If you turned off Show notifications for all my apps, the Show badge on taskbar setting will be grayed out.

1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Features in the middle Settings pane.

4 Under Messages in the right Features pane, turn On (default) or Off Show badge on taskbar for what you want.

If you turned off Allow Phone Link to show text messages from my mobile device, the Show badge on taskbar setting will be grayed out.

1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Features in the middle Settings pane.

4 Under Calls in the right Features pane, turn On (default) or Off Show badge on taskbar for what you want.

If you turned off Allow Phone Link to make and manage calls from my mobile device, the Show badge on taskbar setting will be grayed out.

That's it,
Shawn Brink