Never seen that happen and can't see how it can be switched off - clicking on the bottom horizontal taskbar brings up options but none of them seem to be relevant
https://www.techbout.com/taskbar-ico...dows-10-56387/ has several areas where you can clear various caches than may be what you are looking forf
https://askleo.com/my_taskbar_is_mis..._what_do_i_do/ has some other ideas