hide taskbar

For Windows 11 users, the taskbar is like the kitchen counter of your operating system—there when you need it, cluttered when you don’t. Sure, it's useful for quick navigation, but at times, you might want it gone to enjoy a cleaner, distraction-free workspace or simply free up valuable screen...

Is there a way to hide the taskbar so it will not pop up when you mouse over it without actually disabling the start menu? (accessing the start menu via the keyboard windows key rather than clicking.) I have found a few things via google about hacking the registry to disable the start menu...