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This is where I found out how to install it.

I tried sudo apt-get remove wmctrl but it did not work, even after reboot. I could not find anything on the Internet.

It is the icon on the left, with the gears.

It is the icon on the left, with the gears. Maybe there is a way to remove any of these icon (The Toggle Desktop)? Ones in the top bar? For the record I'm using Ubuntu 11.10

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This is the indicator author. To remove the icon from the panel you need only remove the app from "startup applications" as listed above. I personally use Ctrl+Alt+D to toggle the desktop. It is faster.

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The installation instructions state:

To use it, firstly install wmctrl:

sudo apt-get install wmctrl

Then, download the archive from here, extract it and double click the "desktop-indicator.py" file.

To add Desktop Indicator to startup, search for "Startup Applications" in Dash (or access it via the session menu - top right icon), click "Add", under "Name" enter "Desktop Indicator" and under "Command" click "Browse" and select "desktop-indicator.py" from where you've extracted the downloaded archive.

Therefore to remove the indicator - at a minimum, would be to remove the application you have added via "Startup Applications" i.e.

search for "Startup Applications" in Dash (or access it via the session menu - top right icon), highlight "Desktop Indicator" and click the remove button.

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