[gentoo-user] Plasma 6.3.5 immutable widgets in System Tray

[gentoo-user] Plasma 6.3.5 immutable widgets in System Tray

[Michael]

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I've updated Plasma to 6.3.5 and had a 'Contact' icon appearing in the System 
Tray, which is apparently put there by merkuro.contact.  I don't need it, or 
want it.  I tried to remove it, by right clicking, selecting 'Edit or Manage 
Widgets' and deleting/deselecting it from the widgets list.

So far so good, I thought, but then it came right back after I logged out/in.  
Repeating this is pointless because the widget re-appears at every login.

I also tried deleting the two "org.kde.merkuro.contact.applet" entries in 
~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc:

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extraItems=org.kde.plasma.keyboardindicator,org.kde.plasma.vault,org.kde.plasma.notifications,org.kde.plasma.clipboard,org.kde.plasma.mediacontroller,org.kde.plasma.battery,org.kde.plasma.printmanager,org.kde.plasma.keyboardlayout,org.kde.plasma.manage-
inputmethod,org.kde.kscreen,org.kde.plasma.devicenotifier,org.kde.plasma.brightness,org.kde.kdeconnect,org.kde.merkuro.contact.applet
knownItems=org.kde.plasma.keyboardindicator,org.kde.plasma.vault,org.kde.plasma.notifications,org.kde.plasma.clipboard,org.kde.plasma.mediacontroller,org.kde.plasma.battery,org.kde.plasma.devicenotifier,org.kde.plasma.printmanager,org.kde.plasma.keyboardlayout,org.kde.plasma.manage-
inputmethod,org.kde.kscreen,org.kde.plasma.brightness,org.kde.kdeconnect,org.kde.merkuro.contact.applet
shownItems=org.kde.plasma.keyboardlayout

It *still* comes up in System Tray!  O_O

Is there a way to stop Plasma shell from regenerating this unwanted 
merkuro.contact widget every time it is launched?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma 6.3.5 immutable widgets in System Tray

[Frank Steinmetzger]

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Am Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 10:43:25AM +0100 schrieb Michael:
> I've updated Plasma to 6.3.5 and had a 'Contact' icon appearing in the System 
> Tray, which is apparently put there by merkuro.contact.  I don't need it, or 
> want it.  I tried to remove it, by right clicking, selecting 'Edit or Manage 
> Widgets' and deleting/deselecting it from the widgets list.
> 
> So far so good, I thought, but then it came right back after I logged out/in.  
> Repeating this is pointless because the widget re-appears at every login.
> […]
> Is there a way to stop Plasma shell from regenerating this unwanted 
> merkuro.contact widget every time it is launched?

Right-click on the triangle that pops open the list of applets, select 
“Configure system tray” (not sure of the exact wording, I’m on a localised 
KDE), and then select the “Items” page. Here you can hide it permanently.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma 6.3.5 immutable widgets in System Tray

[Michael]

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On Tuesday, 26 August 2025 12:32:52 British Summer Time Frank Steinmetzger 
wrote:
> Am Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 10:43:25AM +0100 schrieb Michael:
> > I've updated Plasma to 6.3.5 and had a 'Contact' icon appearing in the
> > System Tray, which is apparently put there by merkuro.contact.  I don't
> > need it, or want it.  I tried to remove it, by right clicking, selecting
> > 'Edit or Manage Widgets' and deleting/deselecting it from the widgets
> > list.
> > 
> > So far so good, I thought, but then it came right back after I logged
> > out/in. Repeating this is pointless because the widget re-appears at
> > every login. […]
> > Is there a way to stop Plasma shell from regenerating this unwanted
> > merkuro.contact widget every time it is launched?
> 
> Right-click on the triangle that pops open the list of applets, select
> “Configure system tray” (not sure of the exact wording, I’m on a localised
> KDE), and then select the “Items” page. Here you can hide it permanently.

Thank you Frank!  Disabling it in the "Entries" list got rid of it.

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