How to Turn Taskbar Notification Area System Icons On or Off in Windows 10
System icons, including Clock, Volume, Network, Power, Input Indicator, Location, Action Center, Touch Keyboard, Windows Ink Workspace, Touchpad, and Microphone are located on the taskbar system tray (aka: notification area) by default. When you hover over these icons, you can see their status. You can right click on these icons to access specific options or settings for them.
You can also change how the icons and notifications appear to hide or show them. You might turn off a system icon if either you or your computer manufacturer have installed a similar program. If you turn a system icon off, you can always turn it back on later.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18252, Microsoft added a microphone icon in the system tray which appears when your microphone is in use.
Turning off a system icon removes the icon and turns off notifications for it.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off system icons on your taskbar notification area in Windows 10.
EXAMPLE: System Icons on taskbar notification area
Here's How:
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.
2 Click/tap on Taskbar on the left side, and click/tap on the Turn system icons on or off link under the Notification area section on the right side. (see screenshots below)
3 Turn on or off the system icons you want. (see screenshot below)
4 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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