How to show seconds in Windows 10 taskbar? [duplicate]

When I need to know the seconds in Windows 10, I need to click on the clock to open it, but that is annoying if I need to do it multiple times or I need to wait for the next minute to be reached.

I would like the taskbar clock to have the seconds (HH:MM:SS) instead of only hours and minutes (HH:MM).


I found the answer here and is really simple:

  1. Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in the start menu
  2. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  3. Right-click in the Advanced key in the left pane, go to New and then click in DWORD (32-bit) Value.
  4. Name the value ShowSecondsInSystemClock and press Enter.
  5. Double-click the value you just created in the right pane, enter a value of 1 and click OK (You can leave it Hexadecimal).
  6. Sign out or restart the computer.