Can you disable the envelope icon in the panel without removing it?

Question

I wish to disable the envelope icon in 11.10's menu bar. I do not want to remove it permanently from the computer.

With previous versions, I could right-click those type icons to make them go away, but I cannot find out how to do that in 11.10.

joschi · Answer 1 · 2011-10-19T07:15:07.927

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The easiest way to disable the envelope I know is by uninstalling the indicator wich is no big deal as you can revert your changes in the same easy way.

sudo apt-get remove indicator-messages

to remove the indicator.

sudo apt-get install indicator-messages

to get it back again.

edited Oct 19 '11 at 07:15

answered Oct 18 '11 at 16:16

joschi

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This is a duplicate question however the OP stated he didn't want to remove/uninstall it. Which I don't think is possible. – kikixx Oct 18 '11 at 17:29
Sorry, didn't read well enough. Edited my ansewering post to better fit his question. – joschi Oct 19 '11 at 07:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '12 at 03:26

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This looks like a simple way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggmPX_L1Is

answered May 27 '12 at 03:26

boru

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The link is for Backtrack. Backtrack doesn't use Unity. – nanofarad Dec 08 '12 at 21:39

Can you disable the envelope icon in the panel without removing it?

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