Microsoft added a new feature to the Windows 10 operating system which notified the users when there was a new update pending restart to get installed. In this, a new Windows Update icon popped up in the Notification area of the Taskbar notifying the user that they should either restart their computer or if any issues have occurred in downloading or install the Windows Updates. However, if you want to disable this notification, you can do so.

Enable or Disable Windows Update Status tray icon

We are going to take a look at 3 methods that will show you how to enable or disable Windows Update Status icon in the Notification Area of the Windows 10 taskbar:

Hide the Windows Update Status icon.
Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using Windows Settings.
Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using the Registry Editor.

1] Hide the Windows Update Status icon

This is a very simple method to follow.

Just right click on the Windows Update Status icon and select Hide for now.

It will temporarily hide the Windows Update Status icon.

2] Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using Windows Settings

Open the Windows 10 Settings App.

Navigate to the following path: Personalization > Taskbar.

From the right-side panel, select Select which icons appear on the taskbar.

From the list, you can either toggle Windows Update Status to either enable or disable the icon.

Toggling it on enables the icon whereas toggling it off disables it,

3] Enable or Disable Windows Update Status icon using the Registry Editor

Open the Windows Registry Editor.

Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings

Look for the DWORD named as TrayIconVisibility.

If it is not present create it.

If you set its value to 0, it will disable the Windows Update Status icon for all users.
In case you delete it, it will enable the Windows Update Status icon for all users.

I hope you found this guide useful.