Good App For Managing System Tray Icons?


win9598xp7

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I'm on Windows 11, and have turned off only the bare necessities regarding apps I need to boot at start up. A few of those put icons in my system tray at the bottom right hand corner (by the clock). These remaining programs don't have any option to turn off their tray icons (like my keyboard software, a dock I use for quick launching icons, etc.)

I've tweaked every setting in the apps themselves and Windows, so looks like I'll need a 3rd party app if I want to remove any of them further. Is there a good program that will do this, while still keeping the programs themselves loaded at start up?
 

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    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
I'd try Settings, Personalization and the Other system tray icons section before adding a third-party software, hide some of those items in the Notification Area that needn't be seen but still available. It was titled System tray in earlier versions of Windows but as in some areas of Win11 and Win10 some names remain.
 

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    Win11 Pro RTM
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    Laptop
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    Dell Vostro 3400
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    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
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    12GB
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    256GB SSD NVMe M.2
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    Dell Vostro 5890
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    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
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Just use the options in Settings rather that cluttering your PC with third party software.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
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    Self build
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    Core i7-13700K
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    Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
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    64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5
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    Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
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    Realtek S1200A
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    Viewsonic VP2770
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    2560 x 1440
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    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
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    Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
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    Noctua NH-D14
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    Microsoft Digital Media Pro
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    Logitech Wireless
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    50 Mb / s
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    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender
I agree, I don't want to add 3rd party if it's not absolutely necessary. But there are still a few tray icons that are gonna hang out there forever, that are simply in the way (I do need to click on several in that tray each time I use my computer, and I have to navigate around the non-useful ones).

There are no further Windows settings or apps settings to get rid of these, I have exhausted all those options. Is there a low-profile 3rd party app that will handle it that is recommended?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop

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    Windows 11 Pro
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