https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701 TrayStatus RSS: Spurious Entries in System Tray Notification Icon List Fri, 22 May 2026 17:06:11 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701 https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#4 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:44:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#4 TrayStatus I noticed the same behaviour and it seems it's quite common for Windows to not remove unused icons from the notification area. I tried various suggested fixes and none worked except Solution #6 on the following website which provides a batch script to remove the old Registry entries. I opened the bat file in a text editor to confirm there was nothing nasty in there. I'm just posting this here as it worked for me. What you do with it is your responsibility:

6 Ways To Remove Unused Icons from the Notification Area

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/clear-old-icons-windows-7-notification-area/#google_vignette ]]> https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#3 Tue, 04 May 2021 22:37:35 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#3 TrayStatus How did you solve the problem? I encountered the same issue but not sure this is supposed to be normal Windows behavior. ]]> https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#2 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:10:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701#2 TrayStatus Nevermind, problem solved. It appears that this is normal Windows behaviour (though that seems very odd to me!), and not the fault of TrayStatus. ]]> https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 19:34:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/spurious-entries-in-system-tray-notification-icon-list/?ID=22ac1925-bf2c-42d9-bfea-badcf9e6c701 TrayStatus Because I just wanted to test TrayStatus I downloaded the 'Download without Installer' version and ran it, which seemed to work fine. However, it has left me with 4 TrayStatus entries in:

PC Settings > Personalisation > Taskbar > Select which icons appear on the taskbar

All of which say:

TrayStatus.exe
TrayStatus Pro Trial 4.4

The first of these entries seems to switch itself back on even after I switch it off. The entries remain even after rebooting the PC.

How do I remove these entries please?

I've tried running the Installer and then immediately uninstalling, but that failed to do the trick.

Many thanks ]]>