Enable or Disable Windows Update Status tray icon in Windows 10

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Microsoft added a new feature to the Windows 10 operating organization which notified the users when there was a new update pending restart to get installed. In this, a new Windows Update icon popped upwards in the Notification area of the Taskbar notifying the user that they should either restart their computer or if whatever problems accept occurred in downloading or install the Windows Updates. However, if you want to disable this notification, y'all can do and so.

Enable or Disable Windows Update Status tray icon

We are going to take a look at iii methods that will show you how to enable or disable Windows Update Status icon in the Notification Expanse of the Windows 10 taskbar:

Hide the Windows Update Status icon.
Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using Windows Settings.
Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using the Registry Editor.

one] Hide the Windows Update Status icon

This is a very simple method to follow.

But right click on the Windows Update Condition icon and selectHide for now.

It will temporarily hibernate the Windows Update Status icon.

2] Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using Windows Settings

Open the Windows 10 Settings App.

Navigate to the post-obit path:Personalization > Taskbar.

From the correct-side panel, select Select which icons appear on the taskbar.

From the list, you tin either toggleWindows Update Statusto either enable or disable the icon.

Toggling information technology on enables the icon whereas toggling it off disables information technology,

3] Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using the Registry Editor

Open up the Windows Registry Editor.

Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings

Look for the DWORD named asTrayIconVisibility.

If it is not present create it.

If you ready its value to0,it willdisablethe Windows Update Condition icon for all users.
In case y'all delete it, it will enable the Windows Update Condition icon for all users.

I hope you found this guide useful.

Ayush has been a Windows enthusiast since the twenty-four hours he got his first PC with Windows 98SE. He is an active Windows Insider since Day i and is now a Windows Insider MVP. He has been testing pre-release services on his Windows 10 PC, Lumia, and Android devices.