How to remove the Google Chrome notifications bell icon from the Mac OS X menu bar

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This bell icon showed up in my menu bar one day and there's no obvious way to disable it. How do I get rid of it?

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edit: The option described below has been removed from Chrome. This should void the question as well as my answer.

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In the Chrome Menu Bar under "Chrome -> Hide Notification Icon" you can get rid of the bell without having to go through flags (which doesn't work/exist any more!). It's the Option one from the bottom (I found the information in a comment on osxdaily):

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