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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.alt text

Aron Rotteveel
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  • I've been trying to do this myself. There's sure as hell no options for it... – Shinrai Sep 30 '10 at 16:46
  • 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 Oct 21 '10 at 21:32
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    @Jason - That is for when new mail arrives, not the actual Outlook icon that sits in the taskbar. – Paul Nov 28 '10 at 18:58

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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
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    This only hides the icon from the direct view; when clicking the tray arrow, it is still there. Any alternatives? – Aron Rotteveel Sep 25 '10 at 20:08
  • @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 Sep 26 '10 at 04:48
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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
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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.

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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.

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Chuck Billow
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    And does it allow to remove the icon? – slhck Mar 23 '12 at 08:26
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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 Nov 12 '19 at 22:01