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How do I remove the Outlook 2010 icon from my Windows 7 system tray / notification area?
Just for clarification: i really mean 'remove' and not 'hide'.
I have the icon in the taskbar and I don't need to see a second redundant Outlook icon in my tray.
Aron Rotteveel
Posted 2010-09-16T12:00:44.070
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An alternative is to right-click the icon and select "Hide when minimized", that way you won't have two icons at the same time. I know that's not a perfect solution.
Another option is to remove the taskbar itself through a registry hack. See this Howtogeek article for more information.
I cannot find anything in the registry that allows me to disable the actual icon on its own.
Paul
Posted 2010-09-16T12:00:44.070
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Right click taskbar and select properties. Under taskbar tab select "customize" then select which icons you want to show in system tray.
ubiquibacon
Posted 2010-09-16T12:00:44.070
Reputation: 7 287
6This only hides the icon from the direct view; when clicking the tray arrow, it is still there. Any alternatives? – Aron Rotteveel – 2010-09-25T20:08:30.930
@Aron Rotteveel I have been looking through the registry for the specific key related to that icon but I cannot find it. Get into the registry and search NotificationArea and see what comes up, you might be able to figure out what key to change if you spend enough time changing values. – ubiquibacon – 2010-09-26T04:48:53.887
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It is an all or nothing situation in that you can hide the whole notification tray (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779143(WS.10).aspx), but you can't hide individual items in the tray.
Ben Jones
Posted 2010-09-16T12:00:44.070
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I found what seems to work – for me at least – at in KnockOut. It allows many controls of the Outlook process and icons.
Chuck Billow
Posted 2010-09-16T12:00:44.070
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KnockOut doesn't allow you to hide the Outlook tray icon. It only hides the New Mail tray icon, which you can easily do without knockout (just right-click the outlook tray icon & disable new mail alert). The other Outlook tray icon is still there. – gamingexpert13 – 2019-11-12T22:01:46.340
3And does it allow to remove the icon? – slhck – 2012-03-23T08:26:40.767
I've been trying to do this myself. There's sure as hell no options for it... – Shinrai – 2010-09-30T16:46:44.463
There's an option in Options -> Mail -> Message Arrival called "Show an envelope icon in the taskbar". I have it unchecked and it still shows up... SMH – Jason – 2010-10-21T21:32:56.980
2@Jason - That is for when new mail arrives, not the actual Outlook icon that sits in the taskbar. – Paul – 2010-11-28T18:58:29.637