Windows 11 - how to remove this icon ?? (or button?)

Thread starter marcbr
Start date Sep 27, 2021

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Nov 5, 2021

#21

I've learned two things from this thread.

People like to change even the tiniest of details in the UI.
Microsoft doesn't want people doing that in Win 11

My Computer

System One

OS

Windows 11 Pro

Computer type

PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model

PowerSpec G435

CPU

i7-10700K

Motherboard

ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax

Memory

64GB DDR4

Graphics Card(s)

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2070 Super

Monitor(s) Displays

Dell S3220DGF

Screen Resolution

2560x1440

Hard Drives

1TB WDC .M2 Nvme SSD
4TB Samsung 870 SSD

PSU

750 Watt Gold

Case

Lian Li ATX 205

Cooling

Thermal-Take Water Cooled CPU

Keyboard

Corsair K70 RGB

Mouse

Razer Basilisk X

Internet Speed

Gigabit

Browser

Brave

Antivirus

Windows Defender

Anixx

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Aug 1, 2022

#22

Explorer Patcher has an option to remove this (Control Center button)

My Computer

System One

OS

Windows 11

rdwray

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Sep 24, 2022

#23

The Control Center icon looks too much like the no internet icon and I would like to change it.

My Computer

System One

OS

Windows 11 Pro; 21H2, Build 22000.1281

Computer type

Laptop

Manufacturer/Model

Dell 3525

CPU

AMD Ryzen 3 3250 with Radeon Graphics

Memory

8gb

Graphics Card(s)

AMD Graphics

Sound Card

AMD high definition audio device; Realtek audio

Screen Resolution

1980x1020

Edwin

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Sep 25, 2022

#24

rdwray said:
The Control Center icon looks too much like the no internet icon and I would like to change it.
View attachment 40110

Perhaps you need a 3rd party app to make things right!

My Computers

System One System Two

OS

Windows 11

Computer type

PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model

ASUS ROG Strix
Operating System

Windows 11

Computer type

Laptop

Manufacturer/Model

ASUS VivoBook

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