Tray-Ausblenden unter Windows 11 · Dokumentation

Hiding another program's window is well-understood. Hiding its system-tray icon is the part most tools get wrong — especially on Windows 11, where the notification area changed and simpler tools quietly give up. gohide is built to keep working there.

What to expect

gohide handles this automatically, so in most cases you don't have to think about it:

Most apps — gohide hides the tray icon completely, and brings it back exactly as it was when you restore.
Protected apps (for example anti-cheat-protected games) — gohide tucks the icon away instead of fully removing it. It's still cleared from view, and fully reversible.
If an app can't be hidden on your particular Windows build, gohide tells you clearly rather than silently doing nothing.

Everything gohide does to a tray icon is reversible — restoring always returns the icon to where it was.

Smart App Control

Smart App Control (on by default on brand-new Windows 11 machines) only runs programs it already trusts, with no "run anyway". It normally doesn't get in the way: on Windows 11 with Smart App Control enforcing, gohide hid and restored the tray icons of every managed app in our tests.

For a few apps, Smart App Control can still block part of gohide and report "Part of this app has been blocked"; that app's tray icon then stays visible. Turning Smart App Control off in Windows Security clears it, and it can be switched back on afterwards. See the Smart App Control guide.

Re-appearing icons

Some apps re-add their tray icon periodically. gohide watches for this and re-hides the icon, so it stays hidden until you choose to bring it back.

Every CPU architecture

Tray hiding works the same across x64, ARM64, and x86 — on an ARM64 laptop just as on a traditional desktop.

Free vs Pro

Hiding other apps' tray icons is free. It is the part of gohide that most alternatives cannot do at all, and it is deliberately not held back for paying users. Pro adds process suspend, the privacy cover, dynamic rules, unlimited apps and a PIN lock for Settings. Download gohide or see pricing.