Windows 10 system tray reduce icons

I have my Windows 10 taskbar displays all of the system tray icons, and i already set it all off in the control panel taskbar settings.

Is there a control somewhere where I can specify how many icons it can display?

Solution 1:

First, right-click on the Notification icon (looks like a cartoon word balloon) and select Don't show app icons.

Then:

• Press Windows.
• Select Customize the taskbar.

• Scroll down and click on Select which icons appear on the taskbar.

• If Always show all icons on the taskbar is On, then turn it off.
• Select which icons you want displayed.

If this does not work then it may be set through the Registry.

• Press Windows, type regedit and press Enter.
• Click Yes in the UAC dialog.
• Scroll to (or copy and paste in the location bar) 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer'.
• Set EnableAutoTray to 1.
• Scroll to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
• If it does not exist, add the DWORD value UseTabletModeNotificationIcons: Right-click the right panel and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value`.
• Set UseTabletModeNotificationIcons to 0.

Finally, the display of icons in the Notification Area can be set through Group Policy (GP). Since some versions of Windows don't provide a GP editor, the following Registry settings can be used.

• Scroll to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
• If the value NoAutoTrayNotify exists, set it to 0 or delete it.
• Scroll to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
• If the value NoAutoTrayNotify exists, set it to 0 or delete it.

It's a good thing MS gave us such a simple interface to the System Tray... oops, Notification Area.