This would be so peak.

How is this not a thing yet? Please add this now.

Bump

We need this.

It's only hilarious at this point because the VPN client does this already, lol.

Why has this not been added yet? The ability to minimise to system tray and provide a count of unread emails is ESSENTIAL!

I Like Proton very much but not having the ability to minimize is a dealbreaker. Outlook is still better in this regard.

Why is this not a feature yet? Makes the desktop app useless

Yes, PLEASE make this happen. I want the app to be my default-default mailing app and without this feature it's practically impossible.
Thank you in advance!

Please please PLEASE add this!

Please add this - app is much less useful without it.

Like everyone else says... this is critically important and there's 0 reason why it's not there already. Allow me to repeat what @Roberto Wik said:

Another user was really accurate with these 3 points:
1. Minimize to System Tray – Add a setting to minimize the app to the system tray instead of the taskbar/dock when closing or clicking the minimize button.

2. Launch on Startup – An option to automatically launch the app when the system boots.

3. Start Minimized to Tray – A companion option to launch the app directly into the system tray (useful for keeping the app running discreetly).

These are critical for the usability in any desktop system

need this ASAP or will not renew my subscription

Please, add this to the next sprint.

Seriously... this seems like such an easy thing to include, especially considering VPN and Pass already do this. How can this still be in the 'requested' stage?!

Another user was really accurate with these 3 points:
1. Minimize to System Tray – Add a setting to minimize the app to the system tray instead of the taskbar/dock when closing or clicking the minimize button.

2. Launch on Startup – An option to automatically launch the app when the system boots.

3. Start Minimized to Tray – A companion option to launch the app directly into the system tray (useful for keeping the app running discreetly).

These are critical for the usability in any desktop system

It feels crazy that this would ever even need to be a request. This is such an essential and basic feature for a mail service desktop client. Why even release the client without it at all?

This is the type of basic but severe friction that makes it impossible to recommend Proton to friends and family — there's so much that simply should work but doesn't. It's not AI features, it's not highly complex issues — it's basic usability such as minimizing to taskbar, mail content search (takes a while but we get some of them), properly functioning composer, etc.

For people that don't care too much about privacy due to being uninformed, or those that don't understand tech too well — oftentimes the issue is not that the service is paid, it is simply that the service doesn't do the basic stuff a generic user needs it to do.

L'app Windows manque tellement de fonctionnalités essentielles qu'elle est parfaitement inutile...

This is an essential feature and one of the most basic for an email app that has to be up constantly in order for its users to be notified of new emails on time. Come on guys....

Closing the protonmail linux application should'nt close it totally. It should rather minimize it in the systray, ready to notify if any mail is received. The systray icon could even change depending if there is or there is not new mails or calendar entries...
The ProtonVPN linux application has already this behaviour.

Actually, if you close the app, you won't receive any notification about new mails, or entries in calendar...