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Hello.
I was wondering, is there any way to completely get rid of the microphone icon on the system tray without including adding it onto the "Show hidden icons"?
It's really annoying having that.
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You cannot get rid of it because it is a safety issue.
It's similar to webcam indication light that tells you the webcam is operating.
The only people asking to get rid of the microphone icon is people who are trying to secretly record somebody's else conversation (which is against the law in a lot of states).
I have Voicemeeter installed managing my mic and i don't want to see that stupid **** microphone icon 24/7.
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Why have the mic on all the time?
Because Cortana is listening in the background or they enable "listen to this device" (because some guy on the internet told them to enable it for no reason) or there is some other software activating the mic because of misconfiguration.
Solve this issue and the mic icon goes away.
No point of telling people to disable the mic for no legitimate reason. You are not solving their problem.
Disable the mic in the sound settings when not using it and the icon goes away.
It's there because some software is using the mic --- maybe it's Cortana listening in the background for you to ask for something.
You cannot hide the mic icon, so go and actually figure out what software is using the mic on your computer or you enable "listen to this device" somwhere on your computer.
