How to Disable the Windows Update Icon in the System Tray on Windows 11?
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TechieTurtle42
I'm looking for a way to disable the Windows Update system tray icon in Windows 11. I tried the registry key solution for Windows 10 that involves setting the TrayIconVisibility DWORD to 0 in the path ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsUpdateUXSettings, but that didn't seem to work for my setup. Just to clarify, the icon appears erroneous in my case, and I'm not looking to hide necessary notifications. I prefer using regedit since I'm familiar with it, but if anyone has other background solutions that can be done remotely via an RMM system, I'd appreciate those too. Any suggestions that don't involve manual intervention on each affected machine would be great!
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Why not tackle the core issue instead of just pushing this to the side?
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The real issue isn’t just the tray icon. If it’s showing, other things are happening behind the scenes like updates that slow down the system or other notifications. Maybe focus on fixing the update process instead of hiding that icon? There might be guides online for removing Windows Update altogether, but I don't think anyone's figured out how to just hide the icon specifically in Windows 11.
TechieTurtle42: I appreciate the insight, but the updates are functioning fine on my end—no performance issues or unwanted messages popping up. This icon is just a mistake in my case.
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I'm honestly curious why you want to disable the icon. It seems like a useful indicator...
TechieTurtle42: I get that, but in this case, I have an RMM that isn’t updating correctly on the user side. Rather than explain this to numerous users and possibly create confusion, it's easier to just remove that annoying notification.
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TechieTurtle42: Thanks for the feedback, but it's more complicated than just addressing the icon—context matters here!