Tray icon remains with terminal terminated #21267

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opened 2026-01-31 07:38:12 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @serious-angel on GitHub (Feb 18, 2024).

Windows Terminal version

1.18.10301.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.4046

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a new single or multiple terminal windows;
  2. Enable option (if disabled): Settings -> Appearance -> "Always display an icon in the notification area";
  3. Terminate all terminal windows.

Expected Behavior

Tray icon should disappear with all terminal processes terminated.

Actual Behavior

Tray icon remains, and only disappears with a mouse cursor hover on it.
With the icon remaining and new terminal process started, multiple icons appear in the taskbar:

2024-02-18_00-52-23_Z_AHlop2Z7
Originally created by @serious-angel on GitHub (Feb 18, 2024). ### Windows Terminal version 1.18.10301.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19045.4046 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open a new single or multiple terminal windows; 2. Enable option (if disabled): `Settings -> Appearance -> "Always display an icon in the notification area"`; 3. Terminate all terminal windows. ### Expected Behavior Tray icon should disappear with all terminal processes terminated. ### Actual Behavior Tray icon remains, and only disappears with a mouse cursor hover on it. With the icon remaining and new terminal process started, multiple icons appear in the taskbar: <img alt="2024-02-18_00-52-23_Z_AHlop2Z7" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/25136754/6b574b02-c803-4012-bf9a-71cfa389ad19">
claunia added the Issue-BugIn-PRNeeds-Tag-FixProduct-TerminalArea-Windowing labels 2026-01-31 07:38:13 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#21267