This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the notification bell icon on the taskbar corner for your account in Windows 11.
Notifications will now show as a bell in the system tray and when new notifications come through, the bell will colorize based on your system accent color. When there are no notifications and the clock is visible, the bell will be empty.
You can turn on (add) or off (remove) showing the notification bell icon on the taskbar system tray (corner) on demand.
Contents
- Option One: Add or Remove Notification Bell icon on Taskbar in Settings
- Option Two: Add or Remove Notification Bell icon on Taskbar using REG file
- Option Three: Add or Remove Notification Bell icon on Taskbar in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Add or remove notification bell icon on taskbar system tray (corner)
1 Open Settings (WIn+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Notifications on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Notifications on the right side to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Check (add - default) or Uncheck (remove) Show notification bell icon for what you want. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
This option will not work when Administrator protection is turned on.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add Notifications Bell icon on Taskbar
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_notifications_bell_icon_on_taskbar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowNotificationIcon"=dword:000000013 Remove Notifications Bell icon on Taskbar
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_notifications_bell_icon_on_taskbar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowNotificationIcon"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key location below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_USERS\<SID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Substitute <SID> in the key path above with the actual SID for the account you want to apply this to.
For example:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2498639629-3946114050-4100787084-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3 In the right pane of the Advanced key, double click/tap on the ShowNotificationIcon DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Enter 0 (remove) or 1 (add - default) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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