Can I hide the Update Manager tray icon? | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 4:10 PM

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Hello,

I am on Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce version. I have configured Update Manager to install all updates automatically, and to only show the tray icon if updates are available instead of always.

What happens now is it shows up when there's a package update, then a while later the auto update triggers and it disappears again.
But it gets on my nerves while it's sitting in the tray showing there's an update. Since I got the auto updater on I would like to hide it from the tray permanently.

I checked the Panel options and I can't just delete it from Panel by itself because it shows as part of the XApp Status Plugin which also shows the network status and potentially other things, so I don't want to delete that.

Is there any way to hide just the Update Manager tray icon, and even hide it when there are updates, because I know they'll be installed automatically anyway?

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Yes but I still want the other things from XApp Status to appear, only hide the update manager

upbeat solar Jul 2, 2024, 4:21 PM

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I didn't see properly your message srry its midnight here

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 4:22 PM

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don't worry lol I'm not in a hurry

upbeat solar Jul 2, 2024, 4:22 PM

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I mean you can right click the update and click quit

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i don't think they (the update) will appear again

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 4:26 PM

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Well yes but I think that quits the entire update manager so then automatic updates won't run?

upbeat solar Jul 2, 2024, 4:27 PM

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I mean you can sudo apt update && apt upgrade

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 4:29 PM

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I know. But I would like a situation where I just don't have to worry about it - have it run automatic updates so I don't need to do that, but also it shouldn't bother me telling there are updates because it'll run automatically anyway

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I suppose I could disable update manager entirely and run apt upgrade on a cron manually or something but that seems quite the workaround for something that I feel should be straightforward

upbeat solar Jul 2, 2024, 4:33 PM

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But when i restart they will come back(the update icon)

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Wait the other mint support, maybe they can solve this issues.

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 4:38 PM

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Will do, thx

gloomy bison Jul 2, 2024, 5:44 PM

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timid harness Will do, thx

right click panel> Applets: find an online applet called app tray or app drawer. Install and enable that applet. then drag the xapps indicator into the arrow icon representing the drawer.

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oh wait.. you're on xfce.. nvm

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panel: pref's > Add items.. see if anything there, but slim chance

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could probably just go into Update Manager settings, and find a tick box there for "show in tray", and remove the checkmark.

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 6:12 PM

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panel prefs > items only has the thing to remove XApp Status entirely. In the update manager, there's nothing.

Yeah you can hide the icon when there's no updates or after applying updates but no option to hide when there are updates.

gloomy bison Jul 2, 2024, 6:18 PM

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put 2nd line about refresh to 7 or 14 DAYS

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Then update once. u shouldnt see any indicator for a long time

timid harness Jul 2, 2024, 9:12 PM

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oh then it only pops up every 14 days, yeah that would work, good idea

timid harness Jul 3, 2024, 6:26 AM

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Hm, so the top value is how soon it checks after booting? Thing is I tend to turn my PC off at night so the 7 days for the bottom value doesn't really help then. I can put the top one on 7 days but then I'll never get updates because my pc isn't on for that long

#Can I hide the Update Manager tray icon?