Remove the clock in the notification area.

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

I have tried all methods here but the damn clock remains. Very simple to remove in 10 but not 11.

How to enable/disable clock and date from system notification area

The date and time can be seen in the taskbar in any Windows operating system. It helps users in daily life by checking the time and date anytime on the

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Anyone got any advice?

Edwin · Oct 12, 2021

Paste explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons in a Run box, turn clock off from there.

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

Edwin said:
Paste explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons in a Run box, turn clock off from there.

Thanks but the options seem greyed out.

Edwin · Oct 12, 2021

Click on the notice...

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

Edwin said:
Click on the notice...

View attachment 9713

Clicking on that does nothing?

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

It is opening and closing immediately.

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

This OS is a nightmare and I can see Windows 10 being reinstalled.
Anyway after having to do a clean install I gained access to the explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons and have turned the clock to off and on but still it remains in the notification area.

WTF.

Clicking on Why can't I change settings just opens a Windows 11 page which left me baffled as to what am I supposed to do with it?

memo09 · Oct 12, 2021

MrFraggle said:
This OS is a nightmare and I can see Windows 10 being reinstalled.
Anyway after having to do a clean install I gained access to the explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons and have turned the clock to off and on but still it remains in the notification area.

WTF.

Clicking on Why can't I change settings just opens a Windows 11 page which left me baffled as to what am I supposed to do with it?

Try to run the explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons as an Administrator bij opening it with Cmd with Administrator rights (right-click CMD will show option "Run as Administrator".

MrFraggle · Oct 12, 2021

Thanks but as I said I did manage to get to the point where I have the choice of 'Off' or 'On' but whichever I choose the bloody clock remains in the notification area which is so beginning to annoy me.
Thanks anyway.

larc919 · Oct 13, 2021

MrFraggle said:
Thanks but as I said I did manage to get to the point where I have the choice of 'Off' or 'On' but whichever I choose the bloody clock remains in the notification area which is so beginning to annoy me.
Thanks anyway.

Current Winaero Tweaker has a setting under Windows 11 that reverts to Classic Taskbar. I can confirm it does get rid of the clock until it's turned on. My purpose in using it was to have T-Clock Redux instead of the Windows clock. It also enables replacement of the Windows Start button with one for Open-Shell.

MrFraggle · Oct 14, 2021

larc919 said:
Current Winaero Tweaker has a setting under Windows 11 that reverts to Classic Taskbar. I can confirm it does get rid of the clock until it's turned on. My purpose in using it was to have T-Clock Redux instead of the Windows clock. It also enables replacement of the Windows Start button with one for Open-Shell.

Thanks or that, given though my PC is as slow as could be because of the bug with AMD CPU's I going to leave trying to sort this until Microsoft has sorted the issue.

Zhac · Nov 14, 2021

hi guys! Finally! I found a video on how to customize the notification icons. you can hide the clock, the date, network, volume etc. You can check this link:

Thanks me later. :)

Try3 · Nov 14, 2021

Zhac said:
Finally! I found a video on how to customize the notification icons

Is it the same as either of the methods that have been posted above?

Denis

Zhac · Nov 14, 2021

hi Denis,

Those previous posts are for the preview versions only and it wont work for official release. For official release, check the video I posted. I'd been trying to hide my clock for my school presentation but couldn't find any solution. Glad I've found that video.

Try3 · Nov 14, 2021

Zhac said:
it wont work for official release

It worked for me on the released version and it has worked for others.
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons

For the benefit of others -

The UTube video [8 minutes] tells you to
- install WinAero & OpenShell [Menu only], then
- set WinAero's Classic taskbar [which tells WinAero to run the UndockingDisabled method - see, for example, My Taskbar setup [post #6] - ElevenForum]
- use OpenShell Menu [this suppressed the Taskbar clock, which was the aim of the video]
- use WinAero to choose the system icons [i.e. to access the choices in explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons], some [but not all] of which could now be changed. The Taskbar clock appear/hide setting remained disabled in the video, possibly by OpenShell Menu, so could not be changed.

I have not used the video's method.
- I had already used My Taskbar setup [post #6] - ElevenForum which includes enabling the classic Taskbar & enabling chosen system icons].
- The video includes a step that I had not.

- - I had not installed OpenShell Menu or anything else to replace the Start menu.

- - There'd be nothing to stop me installing OpenShell Menu or similar but I already had a Taskbar Toolbar that fulfilled all my 'menu' needs.

Denis

BlueShark · Mar 9, 2022

So the conclusion is that one cannot hide the clock in Windows 11 without installing third-party tools like OpenShell?

Windows 11 is a nightmare

Try3 · Mar 9, 2022

BlueShark said:
So the conclusion is that one cannot hide the clock in Windows 11 without installing third-party tools like OpenShell?

Try3 said:
It worked for me on the released version and it has worked for others.
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons

No, that link takes you to Windows own dialog for choosing system icons to show or hide.

Denis

jhawker · May 27, 2022

hi, i just found a way on how to easily hide the clock and date on windows 11. No application needed and no need to edit the registry. Its very simple and easy.

BlueShark · May 30, 2022

jhawker said:
hi, i just found a way on how to easily hide the clock and date on windows 11. No application needed and no need to edit the registry. Its very simple and easy.

That is not hiding it. It just hides parts of the clock which looks stupid. It is also a very tedious way to do it. What happened to registry hacks? Windows 11 doesn't use registry for stuff like this?

Glad I haven't upgraded yet. Windows 11 is a true horror show.

Try3 · May 30, 2022

BlueShark said:
What happened to registry hacks?

As stated earlier on, you do not need to edit the Registry to remove the clock. Just de-select it in the system icons dialog

Try3 said:
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons

just as you would for Windows 10.

All the best,
Denis

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