Hiding Running applications from dock

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I am wondering how I can hide Gkrellm from the dock while it is running, as I plan to have it running all the time, and I don't want it cluttering the dock. I am running 16.04 with GNOME desktop.

i think it depend on application (Gkrellm) !! some people report as a bug — Mohamed Slama, Jun 08 '16 at 16:53
try to search for setting in Gkrellm to does not show up in the gnome-panel — Mohamed Slama, Jun 08 '16 at 16:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '16 at 04:24

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You will find that under Gkrellm settings --> general --> properties, there is a check-box to hide it from the task-bar.

edited Jun 09 '16 at 04:24

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answered Jun 08 '16 at 17:04

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@Wilf don't be offended but i disagree with your review here, its in fact an answer from the questioner itself. I just edited it and now it makes sense as an answer. – Videonauth Jun 09 '16 at 04:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '21 at 16:06

This general solution also works and doesn't need an in-app property.

Do:

xprop | grep "CLASS"

and click on the window you want to remove from taskbar.

This will return something like

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "name", "name"

Install wmctrl

sudo apt install wmctrl

Make a program startup script or run once, depending on your preference:

wmctrl -x -r name.name -b add,skip_taskbar

Sources:

Hiding Running applications from dock

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