How to Remove Windows Defender Security Center icon from Taskbar

I recently upgrade to the Creators Update. I now have this icon in my Taskbar:


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Open it and it tells me that Antivirus is being handled by something else:
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And I can see that Defender has been disabled by Avast:
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So I don't need this notification there all the time and would like to remove it.

Of course there is! Thanks Bree.

Is this thing new to CU, or has it always been in Win10 and I just didn't know?

The answer is Yes it has.

I already have that notification ticked off. But it is still there.
I am going to try toggling it on and off now.

Toggling it on then off works if the main setting is set to NOT always show all icons. But when setting it back to Show All Icons then it comes back on even though the setting is OFF.

Thanks Edwin. That worked. Haven't restarted yet but I am sure it will stick.

Thanks again.

It's Baaaack.

Just restarted. And it is still disabled in Startup Items too.

Got it. I can't follow instructions!

I used CCleaner to disable it from Startup (Because that's what I always do!).
Disabling it from Startup in Task Manager worked.