How To Completely Remove Notification Area (System Tray) From Windows 7 Taskbar

Posted June 10, 2010 – 2:54 pm in: Windows 7 Guides

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The notification area (system tray) on the right side of Windows 7 taskbar provides quick access several Windows programs and features such as Network, volume control and also displays notifications.

If for any reason, you want to get rid of this notification area in Windows 7, here is a small tool that helps you completely remove it from taskbar. Hide Systemtray is a free tool for Windows 7 and Vista to hide/remove system notification area with a click.

Download, extract and run it as administrator (right-click on the tool and select run as administrator). Need to logoff and logon to see the change. Please note that you need to have installed Microsoft .NET v4 Framework to be able to run this tool.

And if you want to remove time and date from the taskbar along with notification area, please refer to our how to remove clock from Windows 7 taskbar guide.

Download Hide Systemtray