起動中のプログラムをタスクバーから隠す
Windows has no built-in way to hide a running program from the taskbar. Minimizing doesn't help — the button stays. Closing works, but you lose your state: downloads stop, the game exits, the chat logs out. What people actually want is what one forum user put perfectly: "entirely remove that icon, yet the program still runs in the background." The classic reply — "most applications won't let you do that" — is wrong. It's possible; it just needs the right tool.
What "hidden" needs to mean
Hiding the taskbar button alone isn't enough. A running app shows up in four places:
| Where it shows | Hidden by minimize? | Hidden by gohide? | |---|---|---| | The window itself | yes | yes | | Taskbar button | no | yes | | Alt+Tab switcher | no | yes | | System-tray icon | no | yes — even on Windows 11 |
Tools in the "minimize to tray" family (RBTray, Traymond) move the window into the tray — but that adds a tray icon, and the app's own tray icon stays put. If the goal is privacy rather than tidiness, that's the opposite of what you want.
Hide a running program completely
- Download gohide — free for up to 3 apps, Windows 10 & 11 (x64 / ARM64 / x86).
- Add the program to gohide's list.
- Press your hide hotkey: the window, its taskbar button, its Alt+Tab entry and its tray icon all disappear together. The program keeps running, untouched.
- Press the same hotkey to bring everything back exactly where it was. A global restore-all hotkey guarantees nothing is ever stranded.
The app never closes and never loses state — it's simply not visible anywhere until you say so. Optionally mute it while hidden, or with Pro, suspend it so it stops using CPU entirely.