Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal): How to remove chat and mail icons (indicators) from system tray

Just like for Ubuntu 10.04, the two following icons (notifiers):
can be removed by removing two packages: indicator-me and indicator-messages:sudo apt-get remove indicator-me indicator-messages
Posted by W at 2:27 AM
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15 comments:

  1. If you remove indicator-messages, does Pidgin icon then appear all on its own (as in 10.10 and prior)?

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  2. Thank you for your posting. Couldn't stand seeing those icons. -- alan

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  3. Thank you! Would you happen to know how to remove the panel from my second monitor?

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  4. YES please ...


    Thank you! Would you happen to know how to remove the panel from my second monitor?

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  5. Thanks alot!

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  6. Thanx mate, u helped a lot! But Im wondering if skype icon will still be there... Oh whell I think I should just try it and see... Cheers!

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  7. Thanks very much for this one! I was really getting aggravated with those icons considering I'm using a Netbook where every pixel counts! :)

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  8. Like the previous poster I'm on a netbook and have slimmed down 11.04 as much as possible. This was one annoyance I couldn't find in synaptic!

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  9. thanks, this worked and helped my OCD.

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  10. Everything and everyone seems to want to drag me into the world of 24/7 social networking... leave me only, I don't like you that much. :-)

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  11. Chat kelimesinde google d eilk sayfaya gelme planımız var. tabı ondelik mYnet Sohbet kelimesin de yukselmek bunu yaptıktan sonra sıra Sohbet Siteleri
    kelimesinde iyi bir yere gelmektir.

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  12. Thanks!!

    I am a new Ubuntu user (11.04) and have been trying to remove these for days :)

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  15. How do I get these notification/icons back if I ever wanted to switch back?

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