Windows 11 - Microphone icon in system tray

Anonymous
2022-02-25T23:56:27+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-09T18:42:14+00:00

    yeah dude, ofc i want to secretly record someone's voice, its not because i accidentally always misclick on that thing that opens a whole settings window, trying to click on Discord...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-23T16:55:02+00:00

    It's teams! at least it was for me. open task manager and end task for Teams, icon goes away.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T15:12:46+00:00

    In the mic privacy setting, it lists what apps last accessed the mic. It was the Geforce user experience for me. Once I uninstalled it, the mic icon went away.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T04:53:46+00:00

    wrong. I want the icon removed. It's annoying and ugly and wasn't there 10 minutes. Ago.

    Why is Windows 11 like an endless quest of how to do things you shouldn't need to do?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T04:55:14+00:00

    Thanks, this explains why it showed up out of the blue.

    Stupid Teams. sigh.

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