Personalization Hide or Show System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to show or hide notification icons that appear in the taskbar corner overflow menu for your account in Windows 11.

The taskbar corner overflow menu (Show hidden icons menu) in Windows 11 shows the hidden notification icons on the system tray for apps.

You can turn on or off system tray icons to appear either on the system tray (on) or in the taskbar corner overflow menu (off).

If you turn off an app's notification icon, its icon will show in the taskbar corner overflow menu and not on the taskbar system tray.

If you turn on an app's notification icon, its icon will show on the taskbar system tray and not in the taskbar corner overflow menu.

Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1344, you can move icons to rearrange them in the “Show hidden icons” flyout menu.


Contents

  • Option One: Hide System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu via Drag and Drop
  • Option Two: Show System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu via Drag and Drop
  • Option Three: Hide or Show System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu in Settings
  • Option Four: Turn On or Off "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar" in Control Panel


EXAMPLE: System tray icons and taskbar corner overflow menu

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Option One

Hide System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu via Drag and Drop


1 Drag a system tray icon you want to move to the overflow menu above the taskbar, and drop the icon. (see screenshot below)

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Option Two

Show System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu via Drag and Drop


1 Click/tap on the overflow menu arrow to open it. (see screenshot below).

2 Drag an icon from the overflow menu to the taskbar system tray, and drop the icon on the system tray.

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Option Three

Hide or Show System Tray Icons in Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu in Settings


1 Open Settings (WIn+I).

2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Taskbar on the right side. (see screenshot below)


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3 Click/tap on Other system tray icons on the right side to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)

4 Turn On (show) or Off (hide) notification icons for apps you want. (see screenshot below)

These settings are saved to the registry key below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings\<ID for app>

IsPromoted DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On

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5 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Four

Turn On or Off "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar" in Control Panel


This option appears to no longer work.


If this option is turned on, you will not be able to hide icons in the taskbar corner overflow menu.


1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, copy and paste the shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} command into Run, and click/tap on OK to open the "Notification Area Icons" Control Panel item.

2 Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


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No. AIMP (audio player) has the same behaviour. Both of them have the option "Minimize to tray", and I always use it to minimize them to "Tray" instead of "Taskbar". I didn't have this problem in Win 7 or 10 (my Tray icons were in "always show" mode, I like them to be always shown). In 11 they just made it more complicated. Always show the icons or not, that's it, nothing more is needed there (IMO).
 

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As I realized, any app that has a tray setting will hide after every reboot. I have set all apps below to "Minimize to Tray" except the "v2rayN", which has no such option (it automatically closes to tray).

AIMP:
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NP++:
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FSCaptur:
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v2rayN:
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After any reboot, I have to go to Settings and toggle their button "On" again (or drag them out of the tray arrow)! I don't know if this behaviour is a bug or is on purpose. It's a headache. I don't know what I have to do.

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atinfo said:
After any reboot, I have to go to Settings and toggle their button "On" again (or drag them out of the tray arrow)! I don't know if this behaviour is a bug or is on purpose. It's a headache. I don't know what I have to do.
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Not sure, but you could see if resetting notification icons like below may refresh them to work properly again.

www.elevenforum.com

Reset Notification Icons on Taskbar System Tray in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to reset the notification icons cache to fix any corrupted icons and remove any old icons from the taskbar system tray for your account in Windows 11. The system tray on the taskbar corner and taskbar corner overflow menu in Windows 11 shows the notification...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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Hello Mr @Brink ,

Many Thanks :thumbsup: . I applied your BAT file, and it didn't work. I noticed it got worse! The v2ray app automatically goes hidden in the tray menu on startup!!!

1. I did run the BAT file and reboot.
2. I Opened the apps, set their toggle button to "On" (in Windows Tray Settings) and did a reboot.
3. All the apps toggle buttons automatically are on "Off" mode (in Windows Tray Settings).

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    CPU
    i7
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    SSD
atinfo said:
Hello Mr @Brink ,

Many Thanks :thumbsup: . I applied your BAT file, and it didn't work. I noticed it got worse! The v2ray app automatically goes hidden in the tray menu on startup!!!

1. I did run the BAT file and reboot.
2. I Opened the apps, set their toggle button to "On" (in Windows Tray Settings) and did a reboot.
3. All the apps toggle buttons automatically are on "Off" mode (in Windows Tray Settings).
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In that case, you might send a bug report to Microsoft via the Feedback Hub app. :(
 

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    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    PC/Desktop
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    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Spectre x360 2in1 14-eu0098nr (2024)
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 4.8 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Poly Studio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" 2.8K OLED multitouch
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
    Internet Speed
    Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
Thanks. Microsoft won't care about it (Feedback). They are focused on CoPilot and AI stuff!

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