Do you mean system tray or quick launch toolbar? If something is in your system tray, it is a program still running on your computer and you'll need to uninstall it before it will go away. If there is something in the quick launch toolbar you want to get rid of, right click on it and hit 'delete'.chronos55 said:hi,can someone please tell me how to remove past icons from the hidden part of the system tray.....when a program puts an icon into the system tray and is then uninstalled it leaves behind the icon