{"id":20698,"date":"2021-01-19T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20698"},"modified":"2021-01-19T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:25:53","slug":"turn-system-icons-on-or-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/turn-system-icons-on-or-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn system icons on or off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Turn system icons on or off<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff;\"><em>A Windows 10 Basics Tip<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Did you know you can turn any system icon on or off &#8211; including your system clock &#8211; not that I can imagine why you&#8217;d want to do that. Maybe you&#8217;re a minimalist?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These are the icons that show up in the &#8220;Notification area&#8221; (formerly known as the &#8220;System Tray&#8221;) pat of the taskbar, which is the part of your taskbar on the right edge near the system clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can turn the following system icons off or on just by flipping a switch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Clock<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Volume<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Network<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Power (battery), <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Input Indicator (EN for example)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Location <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Action Center<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Touch Keyboard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Windows Ink Workspace <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Touchpad<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Microphone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To turn any of these icons on or off do this:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1.) Right-click on the taskbar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2.) Click &#8220;Taskbar settings&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3.) Under &#8220;Notification area&#8221; click &#8220;Turn system icons on or off&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can customize your notification area to suit your personality. Are you a minimalist, a maximalist, or a conventionalist? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Me? I&#8217;m a conventionalist!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/sysicons.png\" alt=\"Turn System Icons On or Off - Windows 10 Basics Tip Cloudeight\" width=\"414\" height=\"694\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Turn system icons on or off A Windows 10 Basics Tip Did you know you can turn any system icon on or off &#8211; including your system clock &#8211; not that I can imagine why you&#8217;d want to do that. Maybe you&#8217;re a minimalist? 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