[Solved]Unremovable Icon in Taskbar

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

Presumably as a result of a recent update, I now have an Opera icon bottom left of my taskbar. Permanently - even when Opera isn't running. I don't want this and neither Windows10 nor Opera gives me an option to toggle it off. How can I remove and disable it? Thanks

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Right-click on it and choose "Unpin from taskbar", same as any of those other icons.

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse As I said, there is no option to remove it. Right click gives me an Opera menu; Tasks: new tab, new window, new private window then Opera browser the close window. No unpin option

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Try removing it through Windows Explorer.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by sgunhouse

Use Task Manager in Windows to kill the running Opera process. If the icon is still there when you're sure Opera is killed, you should have the Unpin option (of course you can't remove the icon for a running task).

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse thanks but already done that. The icon is still there with the same menu options when Opera has been closed by task manager. Still no unpin option.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK I sorted it. I deleted launcher.exe and rebooted. In the taskbar was then a generic Windows icon I could remove. Restored launcher.exe, rebooted again and the Opera taskbar icon now closes when I close Opera as it should. Just hope it doesn't do it again

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

If you do a manual update/install (download the installer and run it from the desktop), make sure to click on options and check that the option to add a taskbar icon is not marked. That's one of those things which is enabled by default.