Windows 10: How to move app icon from taskbar to tray

Hi, I'm looking for some way to move icon of any app currently working from the taskbar to tray, like for example Skype (with the new version from Windows Store that feature has been removed) or some other programs that just run in the background doing their thing and I don't need to see their icons but I want to keep them on my screen. All the programs I've found so far work in the same way, they put the app in the tray when I minimize it but I want to keep it visible on my screen yet not on my taskbar - is that possible?

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Move icon from system tray to taskbar permanently

If I move an icon from the system tray and pin it to the taskbar it reverts to system tray next time I log in. How do I move it to the taskbar permanently? I'm running Windows 10.

Thanks

Kate

 

Move icon from system tray to taskbar permanently

Icons you want to pin to the Taskbar, should be performed from Start > All apps

Select an app, right click it, click More > Pin to Taskbar

If you want apps in the system tray to always be displayed..

Right click the Taskbar

Click Taskbar settings

Scroll down to Notification area

Click Turn system icons on or off

Toggle on that icon

or

Right click the Taskbar

Click Taskbar settings

Scroll down to Notification area

Click Select which icons appear on the taskbar

Toggle on that icon

 

No.

You would have to assign each app, that you don't want to see, (or identify), on the taskbar, a 'blank' icon.





Probably the best solution would be to use 'Virtual Desktops' and move the app, you don't want to see, to another desktop:





... with the following settings in place:

 

Thanks guys I'll check it out. I don't really need virtual desktops I already have 3 monitors, that's why when I have many things open my taskbar is pretty crowded. Binding apps to their respective taskbars instead of all of them is pretty good too.

 

Moo0 Window Menu plus (free).




Rt click title bar: note iconise option.
Disappears from taskbar.