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Hide PyQt app from taskbar


I'm a beginner in PyQt. I was trying to create a simple app to try some of the toolkit's many features. My question is, how can I hide the app icon from the taskbar? I don't want the user to be able to see the icon in taskbar and to minimize it using this icon. Is there any window flags that I can use to achieve this?


Solution

  • Adapted from this thread:

    import sys
    from PyQt4.QtGui import *
    
    if __name__ == '__main__':
        app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    
        widget = QWidget()
    
        mainWindow = QMainWindow(widget)
        mainWindow.show()
    
        sys.exit(app.exec_())