Windows 10: How to enable option to hide notification bell icon in Windows 11

I recently upgraded a PC from Windows10 to Windows11.At first, there was an option in the notification settings to hide the notification bell icon from the taskbar as belowbut after a few days that option disappeared for some reason as belowI have tried rolling back to Windows10 then re-installing Windows11Most bizarre, I restored from a system image which I created at a time the option was there, but somehow after restoring , the option still didn't return.I have just installed the latest updates from Windows Update so it is now at version:Edition: Windows 11 HomeVersion: 24H2OS Build

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How can I hide the notification icon on my taskbar

Hello,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I would suggest you to follow the steps to hide the notification icon on your taskbar.

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  Type Settings on your search bar
  
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  Click on systems
  
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  Select notifications and actions
  
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  Disable all the notifications on the screen
  

Hope this information helps. If you have further queries, we will be happy to help.

 

GPU-Z Program Icon Submission

Suggestion to have an option to change Notification Area icon this way too.
Suggestion to finally have proper separate Options window like most (all?) Windows programs do.

 

Hide or Show Notification Area Icons on Taskbar in Windows 10

The tray link, (Option One/Step 2), seems to be depreciated in Build 10130, go to Settings via the other Steps or directly: