Removing System Tray Icons?

[DougY]

I installed a demo program that I tried and removed. However, the System Tray Icon on the top of the screen is still there. Rt clicking on it offers no option to remove it. Any ideas?

 

[spinnerlys]

Hold down the Command key, click on the icon and drag it off the Menu Bar (not System Tray).


To properly uninstall applications:

To manually remove an application and all associated files:

1. Launch Finder and search for the app name (hopefully unique, such as Skype)
2. You can narrow the search to specific folders or search your whole Mac
3. Searching "File Name" vs "Contents" usually provides better results.
4. Click the + button below the search term to add criteria
5. Click the "Album" drop-down and select "System files"
6. Click the "Don't include" and change to "include"
7. Sort by name, kind, date, etc. to identify components of the app, such as folders, .plist files, cache files. etc.
8. Delete all files and folders related to the app.
9. Don't empty your Trash until you've determined that everything is working OK, in case you need to restore something you deleted by accident.
10. A reboot might be necessary to completely remove some apps.

from Best way to FULLY DELETE a program?

 

[DougY]

Didnt work

Hold down the Command key, click on the icon and drag it off the Menu Bar (not System Tray).


To properly uninstall applications:



from Best way to FULLY DELETE a program?

Didnt work

 

[spinnerlys]

Didnt work

What application are you talking about? Have you tried the Uninstallation steps I quoted yet?
And what Mac OS X version do you have?

"How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006​

 

[DougY]

What application are you talking about? Have you tried the Uninstallation steps I quoted yet?
And what Mac OS X version do you have?

"How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006​

I had downloaded and installed a demo version of Disk Genius 3, didnt care for it, then dragged and dropped the app to the trash bin (this was before I had posted and read your advice). Im using OS 10.6.4

 

[spinnerlys]

I had downloaded and installed a demo version of Disk Genius 3, didnt care for it, then dragged and dropped the app to the trash bin (this was before I had posted and read your advice). Im using OS 10.6.4

Open Activity Monitor (found via Spotlight) and select All Processes and sort by Process Name and see, if Disk Genius has still a process running. If so, use the FORCE QUIT button to quit it and try dragging the icon off again. If that does still not work, you can always use the method I quoted to remove remnant files.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example