# Opening multiple vaults creates multiple taskbar icons. Is this intended? \[Windows 11\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug reports\ **Tags:** upstream-bug, repro, windows\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346 "2023-02-27T08:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChickenScratch](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@ChickenScratch](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ChickenScratch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/1 "2023-02-27T08:13:41Z")
I’m not sure if this is intended behavior, but it makes it harder for me to keep track of notes in different vaults. In summary, if you pin the Obsidian icon to your taskbar by right clicking on the Start menu icon, opening any other vaults will create a second instance of the app icon in the taskbar, where all future opened vaults will be grouped. Oddly, if you pin the second icon instance and open Obsidian from that taskbar icon, Obsidian will always open windows grouped under that icon, but opening Obsidian from Start will _still_ make a second taskbar icon. I’ll provide some screenshots and videos for reference. ### Steps to reproduce 1. After installing Obsidian on Windows 11, right click on the Start menu icon to pin to taskbar 2. Open Obsidian (either from Start or the taskbar) 3. Open another vault, see second icon appear 4. Open another vault to see the windows group in the second icon ### Expected result All Obsidian windows would be grouped in the same taskbar icon. ### Actual result Any other vaults opened after the first vault will be grouped under a second taskbar icon. ### Environment - Operating system: Windows 11, 22H2 - Debug info: SYSTEM INFO: Obsidian version: v1.1.15 Installer version: v1.1.9 Operating system: Windows 10 Home 10.0.22621 Login status: not logged in Insider build toggle: off Live preview: on Legacy editor: off Base theme: adapt to system Community theme: none Snippets enabled: 0 Restricted mode: off Plugins installed: 6 Plugins enabled: 3 1: Link Embed v2.0.3 2: Typing speed v1.1.1 3: File path to URI v1.4.1 * * * ### Additional information In case a visual would help, here’s a GIF showing the odd behavior in action after following the steps to reproduce. ![Obsidian Taksbar Icons](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/6/7/67cd4048f9c0bf2240a74a83bc77105dd8722c89.gif) ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/2 "2023-02-27T15:42:55Z")
This is most likely a window’s bug in the way the match running apps. ---
**Author:** ![zzzrrr](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@zzzrrr](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zzzrrr)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/3 "2023-06-15T09:55:04Z")
@ChickenScratch Finally solved this on win10. 1. Go to C:\Users\your\_user\_name\AppData\Local\Obsidian or where obsidian is installed. 2. Open obsidian.exe. It will open one window - say “vault A”. Don’t pin this window. 3. Click on “Open another vault” and open different vault - say “vault B”. It wil open a new window with additional icon in taskbar. 4. Pin the newly opened taskbar item. That’s it 5. Close all obsidian vaults / windows and see it works ---
**Author:** ![Nihit](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/nihit/32/31099_2.png) [@Nihit](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Nihit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/4 "2023-07-31T07:35:49Z")
Been looking for a solution to this for a while now, it worked on windows 11 as well Thanks a lot, you solved a big thing here! ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin1](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@Benjamin1](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Benjamin1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/5 "2023-11-27T17:17:41Z")
Thank you very much! This has been a little energy-taker for me. Every I want to navigate to one of my open vaults, I had to check in which obsidian icon it is grouped. Now that part is removed, and it saves quite some cognitive energy every day. (Worked for me on Windows 11) ---
**Author:** ![cosmicv](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/cosmicv/32/56657_2.png) [@cosmicv](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/cosmicv)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/6 "2023-12-11T01:47:10Z")
I’m not sure if this is possible, but it would be nice if this could be a setting in obsidian, since I’d actually prefer having separate taskbar icons for each vault instead of grouping them like windows. Adding the ability for individual vaults to have different icons would work well with this ---
**Author:** ![LordBrim](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LordBrim](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/LordBrim)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/7 "2024-02-18T13:32:56Z")
- 1 for that feature. I use one vault for my life and one for my novel. I hope they implement this. ---
**Author:** ![world-is-peace](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/world-is-peace/32/71126_2.png) [@world-is-peace](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/world-is-peace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/8 "2024-10-25T09:41:09Z")
+1 for separate taskbar icons, i have 3 vaults in use and this feature would be very nice. ---
**Author:** ![mxrcsigner](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mxrcsigner](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/mxrcsigner)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/9 "2025-03-07T07:36:56Z")
Big ups to you, still had this problem but your workaround worked wonders! Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![davidvkimball](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/davidvkimball/32/70766_2.png) [@davidvkimball](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/davidvkimball)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/10 "2025-04-11T19:47:56Z")
Thank you very much. Works even two years later. ---
**Author:** ![krishvk](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/krishvk/32/80882_2.png) [@krishvk](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/krishvk)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/opening-multiple-vaults-creates-multiple-taskbar-icons-is-this-intended-windows-11/55346/11 "2025-06-01T00:47:22Z")
It just groups the icons but still does not show the recently used vaults when I right click the icon like other apps do