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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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  • Adam Kingsbury commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes to make this a full replacement for other options background operation and system tray is important

  • Mateusz commented  ·   ·  Report

    This option is critical - along with:
    * tickbox to start proton mail when user logs in
    * tickbox to start proton mail minimized to tray

    Both options are trivial to implement from programming POV.

  • Ali Sherief commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm tired of having to open Proton Mail every time I start Windows. Sure, I can just set Proton Mail as a startup program and then minimize it, but this opens the entire client and from looking at the task manager, it uses a lot of CPU while running. It's bad for my laptop battery.

    Why can't it have an icon like Drive and VPN?

    edit: posted in the wrong section by mistake... can an admin move this?

  • Chris Morrison commented  ·   ·  Report

    I recently started using protonmail desktop, and this is the main gripe I have with it. I want the option to click on X and the programme to minimise to the tray.

  • Morné commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd love this, as I don't want to use the mail bridge with another email client.

  • saltybrackets commented  ·   ·  Report

    The only reason I downloaded to desktop app was for this functionality, and I'm floored it's not there.

  • Davide Macrelli commented  ·   ·  Report

    Without a mail client is mandatory (I use Emclient and Bridge is fuzzy)

  • Mattias commented  ·   ·  Report

    Should be easy to implement considering Pass, Drive and VPN already has this.

  • Sam commented  ·   ·  Report

    This feature is essential, along with the ability to open the program automatically when the computer starts.

  • Bob commented  ·   ·  Report

    This should be basic functionality for every email app. It baffles me that this is still not a thing yet.

  • FreeFun commented  ·   ·  Report

    The Proton Bridge Linux version has a small icon (tray), so it would be nice if this were also slowly introduced for other applications under Linux and others.

    We have been waiting a long time, and currently the icon takes up a lot of space in the taskbar, even though it only runs in the background.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

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

  • Tovrin commented  ·   ·  Report

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

  • Nightronic commented  ·   ·  Report

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

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