How to remove icon of a running program from system tray?

I have a program whose icon I need to completely remove from system tray.
I want the program to run in the background and to be able to bring it up with some defined hotkey.
All programs I found related to this problem only hide the program from visible area of system tray, but it doesn't remove it. When I extend status bar, the icon is there.

Any help?

dragan.stepanovic

Posted 2011-11-06T22:42:31.943

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Answers

If you want to hide the running program then there are several programs as below

Hope this helps

SIslam

Posted 2011-11-06T22:42:31.943

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Do you mean that you want to remove the icons? Then try this. (Yeah, it's from Windows 2000/98/95, but it's, with the exception of a few menu locations and graphical changes, the same)

If you'd just like to hide them , try this

Tutleman

Posted 2011-11-06T22:42:31.943

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Welcome to Super User! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

– Tamara Wijsman – 2011-11-07T03:00:42.320

I know this is an old question, but I tried really hard to find a solution for this. So for those looking for a way to completely hide icons from the system tray (and not just pushing them into the pop-up section), there’s a tool called PS Tray Factory. It’s old and it’s $25, but it’s the only tool I found that works on Windows 10.

Filip013

Posted 2011-11-06T22:42:31.943

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1Please read the question again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question. OP was asking about Windows XP not Windows 10. – DavidPostill – 2015-10-03T22:11:25.757