# Start app minimised to system tray

**URL:** <https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226 "2021-02-11T08:18:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![laurasmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@laurasmith](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/laurasmith)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/1 "2021-02-11T08:18:18Z")

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Please could there be an option to auto start the app minimised to an icon in the system tray (or equivalent in non-Windows OSes). I’ve tried disabling autostart, but obviously then TOTP doesn’t work!

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**Author:** ![mesonray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@mesonray](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/mesonray)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/2 "2021-02-11T08:29:52Z")

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Yes, this would be a good addtion to both Windows & Linux

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**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/3 "2021-02-11T14:10:57Z")

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We did look into this awhile back, we were not able to find an easy way to do this in the current app. If any developers out there have experience creating a tray app feature that would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![laurasmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@laurasmith](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/laurasmith)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/4 "2021-02-11T15:31:16Z")

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I have one thought about another way of doing it. The app could open, with a message saying “synchronising time” or something like that, then exit completely. Not as elegant as the system tray, but would be a vast improvement on what you’ve got at the moment.

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**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/5 "2021-02-11T16:47:25Z")

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The problem with that is that after the app closed if you were to remove and reinsert your OnlyKey it would no longer work because your app is now closed.

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**Author:** ![laurasmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@laurasmith](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/laurasmith)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/start-app-minimised-to-system-tray/226/6 "2021-02-11T16:49:12Z")

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Oh, of course - I didn’t think of that.