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How can I hide the Windows update icon from the Windows taskbar?
I use Windows 11, version 24H2. How can I hide the Windows update icon from the Windows taskbar?
I tried to hide the Windows update icon by going to Taskbar settings > Other system tray icons and turning off Windows Update Status, then restarted, but to no avail:
I tried to hide the Windows update icon by going by modifying the registry as https://redd.it/11ww73s suggests, but still to no avail:
Disable the Windows 10 Update Status Tray Icon
Open regedit
Go to the following Registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\SettingsOn the right, modify or create a new 32-Bit DWORD value TrayIconVisibility.
Note: Even if you are running 64-bit Windows you must still create a 32-bit DWORD value.Leave its value data as 0 to disable the tray icon
Reboot
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Don't hide it, act on it.
The icon in question indicates that a reboot is required to finish updates, or an update is pending that can only be installed with a reboot. Reboot, and it is gone. Until you reboot you are still at risk regarding security issues that have been fixed in the installed updates. Not rebooting will also prevent future updates being installed until the machine is rebooted.
By hiding the icon you only gain:
- not knowing that a reboot is required
- not knowing that updates aren't being installed
All in all it's more harm than benefit to hide it.
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