# Possible to remove Bluetooth systray icon?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294>\
**Category:** Budgie Applets\
**Created:** [April 28, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294 "2018-04-28T02:09:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294/1 "2018-04-28T02:09:00Z")

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When I was running 17.10, I disabled bluetooth and it hid the bluetooth icon in the systray. I believe this icon is shown in the Status Indicator applet. After I upgraded to 18.04, I can disable bluetooth, but it doesn’t hide the icon, only greys it out. Is it possible to hide it?

![bluetooth](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/ec1eb6036c494820557f14cb23728ad9299565f4.png)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294/2 "2018-04-28T06:25:43Z")

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This will need a code change to do this to make it an option.

I understand the code, the bluetooth icon always displays. The code will need to be altered to have an option to hide it - for example if a dconf key is set.

This is the code - I’m sure upstream would be ok to look at any pull-request with a suggested fix - [https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop/blob/master/src/applets/status/StatusApplet.vala](https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop/blob/master/src/applets/status/StatusApplet.vala)

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**Author:** ![palchik1985](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/palchik1985/32/1738_2.png) [@palchik1985](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/palchik1985)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294/3 "2018-12-14T21:05:18Z")

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Can you answer - which language in this code? C++?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-remove-bluetooth-systray-icon/294/4 "2018-12-14T21:09:54Z")

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Budgie Desktop is written in Vala