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System tray icon, Linux

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After latest update 136.0, a TB icon showed up in the 'system tray'. I'd like to hide it, I have no use for it. Browsing the settings including the advanced preferences yields nothing useful.

After latest update 136.0, a TB icon showed up in the 'system tray'. I'd like to hide it, I have no use for it. Browsing the settings including the advanced preferences yields nothing useful.
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Hi jonzn4SUSE,

The magic words... system tray. It's not called that in KDE, but it's the most used name from the Windows sphere.

What OS? What desktop? X11 or Wayland? Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.6.80-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11

Is it there when Firefox is not running? Yes.

Thunderbird installed? Of course. Are there situations where TB is not installed?

Is there a process running for Thunderbird? If I quit TB the Icon disappear, so yes.

What happens when you right click on it? I get one option to quit TB.

And just like that, I realized there might be a solution to this and sure enough there was!

Open System Tray Settings (heh, so it is System tray after all!)

See picture.

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The magic words... system tray. What OS? What desktop? X11 or Wayland? Is it there when Firefox is not running? Thunderbird installed? Is there a process running for Thunderbird? What happens when you right click on it?

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Hi jonzn4SUSE,

The magic words... system tray. It's not called that in KDE, but it's the most used name from the Windows sphere.

What OS? What desktop? X11 or Wayland? Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.6.80-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11

Is it there when Firefox is not running? Yes.

Thunderbird installed? Of course. Are there situations where TB is not installed?

Is there a process running for Thunderbird? If I quit TB the Icon disappear, so yes.

What happens when you right click on it? I get one option to quit TB.

And just like that, I realized there might be a solution to this and sure enough there was!

Open System Tray Settings (heh, so it is System tray after all!)

See picture.

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