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[GH-ISSUE #11063] Feature on app: hide system tray icon via OLLAMA_APP_NOTRAY env var #84983

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opened 2026-05-09 22:14:06 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
GiteaMirror commented 2026-05-09 22:14:06 -05:00
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Originally created by @fumiama on GitHub (Jun 13, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11063

Problem

Sometimes one may find the system tray icon visually cluttering or distracting because
some users prefer minimal interfaces and may not want a tray icon present at all, while
they still want to enjoy the one-click startup service on Windows platform.

Proposed feature

Introduce an environment variable (e.g., OLLAMA_APP_NOTRAY=1) that tells the desktop app
not to display a tray icon.

  • This would stay backwards-compatible for the absence of it keeps current behavior.
  • This may also allow those non-win platforms to use the app, though a little bit useless.

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I have created a PR on it and tested it on my Windows 10 machine, see #11062

Originally created by @fumiama on GitHub (Jun 13, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11063 ### Problem Sometimes one may find the system tray icon visually cluttering or distracting because some users prefer minimal interfaces and may not want a tray icon present at all, while they still want to enjoy the one-click startup service on Windows platform. ### Proposed feature Introduce an environment variable (e.g., `OLLAMA_APP_NOTRAY=1`) that tells the desktop app **not** to display a tray icon. - This would stay backwards-compatible for the absence of it keeps current behavior. - This may also allow those non-win platforms to use the app, though a little bit useless. ### Implement I have created a PR on it and tested it on my Windows 10 machine, see #11062
GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-05-09 22:14:06 -05:00
GiteaMirror commented 2026-05-09 22:14:07 -05:00
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@Kel-El-Earth1 commented on GitHub (May 7, 2026):

Has there been any movement on this? I despise that icon sitting in my system tray as i'm a less is more kind of guy and trying to setup ollama to just run as a service with just CLI has proven to be PITA.

<!-- gh-comment-id:4397234900 --> @Kel-El-Earth1 commented on GitHub (May 7, 2026): Has there been any movement on this? I despise that icon sitting in my system tray as i'm a less is more kind of guy and trying to setup ollama to just run as a service with just CLI has proven to be PITA.
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