How to Hide System Tray icons Permanently in Windows 7 By regedit

Topic:  Windows 7, Operating System  Product:  Registry Editor , Windows 7  Related Questions:  w7 sync center system tray   w7 sync center disappeared system tray   prevent magiciso launching system tray   winxp registry wake open lid   registry hide system tray network  

If you have many system tray icons and you didn't like it, then you can remove it. If you would like to disable them permanently and not show any system tray icons at all you’ll need to change some things in the Windows Registry. Please follow my steps.

Solution

  1. Click on Start, type regedit into Search-bar of Start Menu and press Enter.
    Image:Launch Registry Editor.png
  2. Now you have your registry editor opened and you should find the Explorer key by going to following directory:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
    Image:Registry Editor Nevigate to Explorer.png
  3. Now right click in the window on the right, click on new DWORD (32-bit) Value and name the new Value NoTrayItemsDisplay.
    Image:Add DWORD 32 bit Value.png
  4. Double click on the NoTrayItemsDisplay Value and assign a Value data of 1 to the Value. Click on OK and you're done.
    Image:Assign the value 1 to DWORD.png
    After rebooting your computer, your system tray should be icon free.

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