Ubuntu – How to hide items in Unity’s top panel

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I just updated to Natty and now the default top panel has icons for mail, chat, and power (lock, restart, etc.) In Lucid and Maverick I could just right click on them and remove from panel, but that doesn't seem to work anymore.

How can I get rid of these icons?

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The indicator I want to get rid of is the one that looks like an envelope:

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When I click it, it displays these choices:

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Probably you are talking about your indicators. To remove them at terminal type:

To remove weather indicator - sudo apt-get remove my-weather-indicator.
To remove battery status indicator - sudo apt-get remove battery-status-indicator.
To remove evolution indicator - sudo apt-get remove evolution-indicator
To remove message indicator - sudo apt-get remove indicator-me indicator-messages.

...Just do that to any indicator you are willing to remove from your default panel. Do not forget to add to the indicator file name hyphen plus indicator. Restart your system for your changes to take effect.

If you want them back you can as well do the reverse, by typing at the terminal the following:

To install weather indicator - sudo apt-get install weather-indicator. Do the same with other indicators you wish to install.Restart your system for your changes to take effect.

This is a list of indicators I could find for Oneiric Ocelot(Ubuntu 11.10) :What Application Indicators are available?

I hope that is what you are looking for. Thank you.

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