Is there any way to minimize python application to system tray with Tkinter GUI?

Question

I'm making a simple GUI Application using Tkinter(Python). And I want it to minimize to System Tray and keep running. Is there any way to do so?

You can try [pystray](https://pystray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html). — acw1668, Nov 18 '21 at 07:25
Does this answer your question? [Minimize the window tkinter in the windows system tray](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56109891/minimize-the-window-tkinter-in-the-windows-system-tray) — wovano, Oct 19 '22 at 12:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 16 '22 at 14:23

Based on this answer, you can use root.withdraw() method or packages like pystray.

The entire solution consists of two parts:

Hide/restore tkinter window

Create/delete systray object

#import stuff...

root = tk.Tk()

root.withdraw() #hide
root.deiconify() #show again

Also remember to use mainloop()

You can use packages like pystray,...

I don't know much about pystray or whatever like that, but you can follow its documentation and try its examples.

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