Desktop Toggles for Windows

Switch the Windows settings you change most, one Stream Deck key each

To switch dark mode, taskbar auto-hide, desktop icons, hidden files or file extensions from a Stream Deck, add Desktop Toggles for Windows and put a key for each on your Stream Deck. Clean Desktop hides the desktop icons and the taskbar before screen sharing or recording, the next press puts them back as they were, and every key shows the current state Windows reports.

Get it on the Elgato Marketplace

Stream Deck plugin · Works on Windows 10 or later with the Stream Deck app 6.9 or later.

What you can do

• Dark Mode: dark or light for apps and Windows (taskbar, Start), or for apps only.
• Taskbar Auto-Hide: turn "Automatically hide the taskbar" on or off.
• Desktop Icons: show or hide the icons on the desktop; your files stay where they are.
• Hidden Files & Extensions: show or hide hidden files and file name extensions in File Explorer, one or both.
• Clean Desktop: hides the icons and the taskbar for screen sharing or recording; the next press puts them back as they were.
• The keys follow changes made in Windows Settings, File Explorer or the desktop menu.
• Saved the same way the Settings app saves them, so changes survive a restart.
• Clear feedback: if Windows refuses a change, the key says so and shows the real state.
• Runs entirely on your PC, with no account, no telemetry and no network requests. English and Japanese.

How it works

1. Install the plugin from the Elgato Marketplace. In the Stream Deck app, drag an action such as Dark Mode or Clean Desktop onto a key.
2. Press the key. It shows the state Windows reports now; a green frame means the setting is on.
3. Press again to switch back. For Clean Desktop, the second press puts the icons and taskbar back as they were.

The plugin changes the same settings as Windows Settings and File Explorer, and Windows shows the new state there.

Get Desktop Toggles for Windows on the Elgato Marketplace

Questions

Limits

• Apps with their own theme setting keep it; Dark Mode switches the apps that follow Windows.
• Protected operating system files stay hidden.
• Changes to settings managed by your organization may be blocked.
• Windows only (Windows 10 or later). Not for Mac.