The search bar in Task Manager has been enabled in Windows 11 Beta 22623.891.

Microsoft released two more Windows 11 betas this week. Windows 11 Beta Build 22623.891 brings a search bar to the Task Manager.

Search bar in Task Manager

Search bars were recently discovered in the Dev Channel, but users have to enable them manually . Users who publish on the Dev Channel and want to try out the feature can follow the instructions in Martin's article to learn how to use the ViveTool utility to get the search bar.

This time, however, the search bar is official. Microsoft has enabled this feature in the Beta channel. The search box is located at the top of the Task Manager window and it is permanent, i.e. it appears in all tabs. You can use the Alt F hotkey to quickly access it.

In his article, Martin mentioned that the search function only returns results for the full app name, such as Microsoft Edge, rather than just "edge." The latest update fixes this issue. The search bar can be used to find applications by name, PID, or publisher name. Task Manager will filter the list to show results that match the keywords you enter. For example, if I type the word fox, Task Manager shows matches for the Firefox.exe process.

This is one of the instances where the Beta channel gets features before the Dev channel, as part of Microsoft's experimentation to get feedback from users before bringing them to a stable version.

Themes in Task Manager

There are some other improvements to Task Manager, you can use dark or light themes in the utility, regardless of whether you Active theme selected in Windows. Go to Task Manager's Settings page to set your preferred theme. This setting also applies themes to in-app dialogs, the only elements that don't follow themes are the "Run New Task" box and the "Properties" dialog.

Productivity Mode

Productivity Mode introduced in the new Task Manager in Windows 11 22H2 features a different dialog design. The popup that appears when the option is enabled for an app no ​​longer uses the legacy UI. Its appearance now conforms to Windows 11 design standards and also displays an option to opt out of confirmation (for later use). There's a new setting called "Ask me before applying productivity mode" that you can toggle to permanently disable the warning.

The Select Column window that pops up when you click a column name in the Details tab of Task Manager has also been improved.

These changes are rolling out with update KB5020040 in Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta Build 22623.891. Another beta version, Build 22621.891, does not have new features enabled by default, and both versions come with some bug fixes, which you can learn about by reading this article on the Windows Blog.

Windows 11 Build 22000.1279 (KB5019157) and Windows 10 Build 19045.2301 (KB5020030) have been released to the Release Preview channel with some bug fixes. Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds 22621.885 and 22623.885 to the Beta channel earlier this week, which introduced a new option to access Studio effects from the Quick Settings panel. The only thing not updated this week is the Windows 11 Dev Channel, where the Redmond company has confirmed it won't be releasing a new version this week.

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