Ubuntu 20.04 unexpected top bar icon (VLC video player)
- Ubuntu 20.04
- VLC from "Ubuntu Software Center"
- icon of VLC appears at right side among "Gnome shell extension" icons
- icon remains after VLC has quit
- icon remains after I uninstall VLC
- I found no way to remove this icon except re-boot
Solution 1:
On a terminal which you can get by the Ctrl+Alt+t key combo run
killall -9 vlc
Solution 2:
It's looks like a bug of 3.0.10+ versions, because I have this on ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 and when I tried 3.0.11 version.
For now, you can reinstall vlc with apt:
sudo snap remove vlc
sudo apt install vlc
you will get a bit older version but without this bug.
Version which you get depends from your distro:
Ubuntu 20.04 - 3.0.9.2
Ubuntu 18.04 - 3.0.8
Note about bug on 3.0.10 version:
1) Closing vlc via "top bar icon" menu closes vlc and correctly removes icon.
2) If you close vlc by pressing window button when video file opened icon will remain, but closing empty vlc instance or with music doesn't cause this.
Solution 3:
It's a bug! but you can remove it with htop. find it with pressing f4 and typing vlc the press f9 and use sygkill to kill.
Solution 4:
I think the issue is that VLC is still running. Uninstalling from the drive may not remove the application from memory.
I have found two solutions:
- Use System Monitor (GUI) and select and kill the vlc process.
- Change preferences inside VLC as shown on this other answer.