Minimize desktop app to system tray
Ability to minimize Proton Mail Desktop app to the system tray (notification area) to keep it from taking up space on the taskbar.
Icon in notification should show unread message count.

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Susan Rose commented
Please, god. Please do this.
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Mike Roads commented
Also there should be an option for starting the app in the tray so it can be loaded at startup without the window opening everyime.
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Fiddl commented
Please fix this!
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Aurel Farkašovský commented
I think its a shame the mail client has no systray icon feature yet, I use dwm and cannot minimize the app to anywhere else.
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Neureka commented
The fact that this still hasn't been dealt with tells us all that we need to know...
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Thomas Grusz commented
Would be great to have a minimized startup option with the desktop mail app in the system tray.
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sub zero commented
This is utterly ridiculous. Here to voice my displeasure that this is STILL not working after all of this time.
Tuta is light years ahead of Proton
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kstev99 commented
It looks like this request is falling on deaf ears.
My renewal comes up in a couple of months and I am forced to rethink paying for premium email without premium features. Please implement this feature !
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The Anti commented
It should be a priority to implement minimize to taskbar with a badge count. Windows does give notifications as long as the app is open but that just isn't good enough. Act like you care about your app.
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A commented
Absolutely vital, would make me switch to the client permanently.
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Jan Šereda commented
I'd love to have this feature to be perfectly honest ... I mean since other apps from your suite (Pass and VPN to be exact) have that option, why not mail
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Jim commented
I'm still waiting for proton to add this feature. It would improve the user experience tenfold. I hope they can do it soon because it seems like a lot of people are feeling the same way.
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elliotjm64 commented
It's crazy that ElectronMail (the unofficial ProtonMail Desktop App) has had this feature for years and Proton still hasn't implemented it.
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B A commented
It's been over a year and we're still waiting.
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Rick G commented
If this feature came I would make protonmail my primary email application. Now I'm stuck with Thunderbird to get notifications.
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m commented
The same is true for Proton Bridge. With MacOS, the app "Autostarter" can provide the minimize feature that Proton Mail (or Bridge) does not have.
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Derek commented
I don't intend to come off as judgemental, or whiny, but I've been on a 2 year biling cycle and recently updated my subscription from Proton Unlimited to Proton Family so I could manage email for custom domains we have. I have to admit that after installing the desktop app and not finding the "start to tray", "close to tray", etc. options, I was a bit disappointed.
This feature seems quite standard for desktop clients, without it the app is essentially just a sandboxed web browser.
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PB commented
Please add this feature.
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Christian commented
Please please please stop forcing us to use the bridge app for other clients just to have this feature.
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Travis Scavone commented
To echo others, this is a basic feature that needs to be added.