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Volume bar is continually displayed on the screen of a surface 8 pro running windows 11

Gregory Farr 0 Reputation points
2026-03-31T01:03:17.7033333+00:00

Volume bar continually displayed. I searched and tried all the solutions on Microsoft Learn. One answer had me delete the keyboard in Device Manager and reboot. When I opened Device Manager and opened Keyboard the keyboard was listed five times. I deleted all of them and rebooted. After rebooting I opened Device Manager and the keyboard was listed five times again and the volume bar was back on the screen. Please help.

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  1. BS 0 Reputation points
    2026-04-07T16:11:30.8033333+00:00

    Not answering, but I had the same thing pop up yesterday and have no idea how to get it to turn off. You can't right click it, I cannot find an option on the keyboard and even if I unconnect the keyboard to make it a tablet is still shows up.

    However when I turn my surface pro off, and then turned it back on, it disappeared but not sure what caused it to pop up yesterday and hopefully this disappearance will make the permanent. I never need to see the volume of my computer on the screen

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  2. Clary-N 9,850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-01T08:19:28.8966667+00:00

    Hi Gregory Farr,

    Thanks for posting and explaining what you’re experiencing. I understand how disruptive it can be when the volume bar keeps appearing on screen.

    To help narrow this down and avoid repeating any steps, could you please share what troubleshooting you’ve already tried so far and what the results were?

    If you haven’t tested it yet, I suggest checking whether the issue occurs in Safe Mode. Safe Mode starts Windows with only essential drivers and services, which can help determine whether this behavior is related to software or something else. If the volume bar does not appear in Safe Mode, it usually points to a driver or background service. If it still appears, that can help rule out software causes.

    To enter Safe Mode:

    • Go to Settings > System > Recovery
    • Under Advanced startup, select Restart now
    • After the device restarts, choose Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart
    • Once the options appear, select Safe Mode (or Safe Mode with Networking)

    While in Safe Mode, please check whether the volume bar still stays on the screen.

    Once you’ve had a chance to test this, please let me know what you observe and I’ll be happy to advise on the next steps.

    Thanks for your patience and I look forward to your update.

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