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Safely remove hardware icon
Is it possible to get rid of this annoying little icon from the system tray?
Solved by using this program to get rid of it. ✔
Last edited by Cerawy; 15 Apr 2021 at 20:59.
I do understand that you want to do it, and it's your machine, and all that...... but may I ask why you would want to permanently remove (until some MS update puts it back) the Safely Remove icon? It's there for a purpose. Pulling a USB device out prematurely can cause data loss and all kinds of headaches. Just hide it. The "app" you link to is messing with a registry entry and modifying values that may cause other issues. To be honest, I don't understand the benefit. I do understand the risk.
Just being up front with you......
Hello Cerawy,
As Dick posted above, you could set to hide the "Windows Explorer" icon for Safely Remove Hardware.
Hide or Show Notification Area Icons on Taskbar in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
I see a lot of people saying this, and just wanted to clarify a bit. The safely remove hardware icon isn't necessarily there for a purpose, if you got your devices set to quick removal. See this screengrab. So if you have your devices set to that, you won't need the safely remove hardware icon, and it becomes pretty much useless.
Last edited by Cerawy; 15 Apr 2021 at 21:04.
For those who prefer to take advantage of the increased data transfer rate by enabling write cache buffering, the Safely Remove feature is prudent and wise. Your screenshot shows a thumb drive device that is incapable of supporting all available caching performance options. External storage devices, such as a 1TB spinner are very common and benefit from the caching; therefore, require being Safely Ejected. I sincerely hope you are not suggesting that UN-truths have been disseminated here.
Perhaps if you post Feedback to Microsoft, they will consider your request.
You can execute that batch file as a VBS script to avoid the blank-black quick pop-up. It's a PITA, but can be done:
How to run a batch file without launching a ? - Super User