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Windows 10 System Tray Not Showing

Epic Gaming 1 Reputation point
2021-05-06T07:36:51.287+00:00

hello! i upgraded my laptop software from windows 8.1 to windows 10 a few months ago, and yesterday i've noticed almost all of the people who have windows 10 have system tray in their taskbar, whereas i can not see any system tray in my taskbar. please help me, i really need the system tray because the app icons take up all space on my taskbar.

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  1. Ian Zheng 26 Reputation points
    2021-05-10T06:25:47.567+00:00

    Hello

    Step 1 − Go to the SETTINGS window and choose System.

    Step 2 − In the SYSTEM window, select Notifications & actions. Here you can select the option that reads “Select which icons appear on the taskbar”.

    Step 3 − In the SELECT WHICH ICONS APPEAR ON THE TASKBAR window, you can turn on or off the icons in whichever way you prefer.

    Hope it helps you

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  2. Kapil Arya 37,686 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-08T07:56:10.013+00:00

    Hello,

    When you click on Action center icon, next to clock in right side, you can see system tray aka notification center. To manage system icons, you can try dragging the icons above taskbar and you'll find that they have moved to pop-up that appears when you click upward arrow.

    Regards.

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  3. GorillaBananaPower 1 Reputation point
    2021-11-02T08:29:39.107+00:00

    This might have changed since IanZheng-MSFT answered. Here is how I solved it:

    Step 1. Right-click on the taskbar, click taskbar settings.

    Step 2. Scroll down until you reach the "Notification Area" title, click on "SELECT WHICH ICONS APPEAR ON THE TASKBAR".

    Step 3. Turn off ALWAYS SHOW ALL ICONS IN THE NOTIFICATION AREA

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