If you are not while using new Meet Now feature, you can remove it. Adopt these measures to get rid of the Meet Now icon around the taskbar on Windows 10.

Using the latest update, Microsoft silently added a new icon called "Meet Now" towards the taskbar. As possible guess from the name itself, it enables you to definitely create or join meetings with just a few clicks. Of course, the Meet Now button is only for official Microsoft services like Skype and Teams.

If you're working from home and frequently joining meetings via Skype or Teams then your new Meet Now icon is fairly handy since it gives you quick access. Not only for meetings however for personal video chats too. However, if you're not creating or joining any meeting or using the video chat functionality, the brand new 'Meet Now' icon is just unnecessary around the taskbar. Thankfully, you can easily disable the Meet Now icon and remove it from the taskbar.

In this quick guide, allow me to reveal to you the steps to remove Meet Now icon on the taskbar in Windows 10.

Steps to remove Meet Now icon around the taskbar

The brand new 'Meet Now' icon is recognized as a system icon. Being a system icon, you are able to take it off either in the taskbar settings or in the icon's context menu. I will show both methods, follow the one you like.

First, right-click around the Meet Now icon around the taskbar.
Select the "Hide" option.
The meet now icon is hidden instantly.

Disable meet now icon from taskbar settings

The Meet Now icon can also be toggled off from the taskbar settings page. Here's how.

1. First, right-click on empty space around the taskbar.

2. Choose the "Taskbar settings" option in the list.

3. Click the "Turn system icons on or off" link under the "Notification area" section.

4. Now, find the Meet Now option and turn them back.

5. Close the Settings app.

As soon as you turn off the option, the meet now icon will disappear from the taskbar's system tray.