[SOLVED] How do I permanently remove the Nvidia icon from the taskbar?

[kanichiro]

I would like to remove the Nvidia icon from my taskbar. I prefer my taskbar to only contain icons for software I use. If I want to change the Nvidia settings I can just open the System Settings app.

Thanks for any and all help!

kanichiro

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maderia@maderia:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-126-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: ASUSTeK product: Q535UD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Q535UD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: Q535UD.303 date: 04/16/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.5 Wh condition: 44.7/52.6 Wh (85%) 
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Not charging 
  Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2557.0001-battery model: ELAN2557:00 04F3:2557 
  charge: N/A status: N/A 
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K350 
  charge: 70% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
  Device-3: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 31999 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-126-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 318.11 GiB (15.1%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAV256TBN size: 238.47 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM007-1R8174 size: 1.82 TiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.34 TiB used: 318.08 GiB (23.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 272 Uptime: 31m Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (12.0%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  inxi: 3.0.38 

[stevengarland]

Do the below: Right click on your Menu start Icon -> "Configure" -> "Open the Menu Editor" -> Scroll to and select the menu item you want to remove -> Delete button on the right hand side. This should remove the menu item you want to get rid of.

[Cosmo.]

It depends from what you mean:

If you mean an icon in the panel, than you can remove it like any applet: Right click it and select to remove it.

If you mean the tray you need to look around, if there is an option in the NVidia settings. (I do not have a NVidida card, so I cannot check.)

"Taskbar" is a Windows term, so it does not really describe, what you mean.

[kanichiro]

Do the below: Right click on your Menu start Icon -> "Configure" -> "Open the Menu Editor" -> Scroll to and select the menu item you want to remove -> Delete button on the right hand side. This should remove the menu item you want to get rid of.

Sorry, I should have included a screen shot in my OP.

The icon I want to remove is the forth icon from the right in this pic including the Time and Date app.

Nvidia icon.png (8.35 KiB) Viewed 1292 times

Here are the Nvidia setting when I right-click on the Nvidia taskbar icon

Nvidia setting when right-clicked on the taskbar icon.png (30.25 KiB) Viewed 1292 times

If I click Quit the icon vanishes, but comes back as soon as I reboot.

[Moem]

Check your Startup Applications and see, if there is anything there that contains the name Nvidia. If so, switch it off.

[Cosmo.]

IIRC there is a NVidia entry in the startup settings, but possibly this will also disable some functions of the driver.

[SMG]

I would like to remove the Nvidia icon from my taskbar. I prefer my taskbar to only contain icons for software I use. If I want to change the Nvidia settings I can just open the System Settings app.

You are talking about two different things.

The applet in your panel (that which you are calling a taskbar) is the nvidia-prime-applet which is a Linux Mint applet for identifying and switching between modes on your dual-graphics laptop. In the screenshot you posted (which matches your inxi output), the applet is an Intel icon because your system is running in On-Demand mode. If you do not ever plan to change modes and will always stay in On-Demand mode, then you can go to the Start-up Applications app and turn off the "Support for NVIDIA Prime" applet.

The Nvidia X server Settings app is part of the Nvidia driver. That is a different app with different functionality.

[kanichiro]

I would like to remove the Nvidia icon from my taskbar. I prefer my taskbar to only contain icons for software I use. If I want to change the Nvidia settings I can just open the System Settings app.

You are talking about two different things.

The applet in your panel (that which you are calling a taskbar) is the nvidia-prime-applet which is a Linux Mint applet for identifying and switching between modes on your dual-graphics laptop. In the screenshot you posted (which matches your inxi output), the applet is an Intel icon because your system is running in On-Demand mode. If you do not ever plan to change modes and will always stay in On-Demand mode, then you can go to the Start-up Applications app and turn off the "Support for NVIDIA Prime" applet.

The Nvidia X server Settings app is part of the Nvidia driver. That is a different app with different functionality.

That did it!

Thanks, SMG, and sorry Meom I missed what you wrote.

[kanichiro]

SMG, Moem, Cosmo,
Sorry for using a "generic" term for panel. I tend to use generic terms a lot. For example, Kleenex for facial tissue, I type in aspirin for acetaminophen in my shopping list. Who the hell wants to type acetaminophen every time?

When you get into your 70's like I am, you might be doing it too...

[Cosmo.]

In some cases we are able to guess, what a questioner means, but in this case this was not possible. So we needed to be a kind of pedantic. If you come into my age you will know this.

BTW, the word panel has less letters than the word taskbar. A real time-safer.