Add an option to hide the tray icon on Linux

pol5xc · April 27, 2025, 9:05am

My tray is becoming a bit too crowded. As Insync works fine all the time, I would like an option to hide the indicator and show notifications instead if some error is happening. Is this possible already in some way?

mia · April 28, 2025, 1:38pm

Hi @pol5xc! Could you share your desktop environment?

pol5xc · April 28, 2025, 2:16pm

Hi, @mia! I’m using GNOME.

mia · April 29, 2025, 4:20am

Will check with our Linux Team and get back to you asap

pol5xc · April 29, 2025, 6:26am

Thanks!

It might be worth adding that I’m using “AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support”, although I think it was already obvious from my previous posts.

mia · April 30, 2025, 6:56am

Hi @pol5xc! Looks like hiding tray icons isn’t officially supported by GNOME itself so you’ll need to use a workaround, such as an extension.

Go to GNOME Extensions.
Search for Tray Icons: Reloaded and install if you haven’t.
Open GNOME Extensions App.
In the preferences, check if it allows blacklisting or hiding specific applications. Some versions let you hide icons by matching the app name.

As long as you have this app setting enabled (see below), then you will still see errors via the pop-up notifs even if the tray icon is hidden.