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How to remove the mail icon indicator applet?

How do I remove the mail/IM icon (envelope) from the notification area in Ubuntu 12.04? I'm not using the IM client nor Thunderbird and would like to remove the icon.

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marked as duplicate by Jorge Castro, fossfreedom♦ May 18 '12 at 19:20

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The accepted answer on the linked question works: askubuntu.com/a/65862/560991 – Jonathan Landrum Aug 1 '17 at 15:34
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Find applications listed in the indicator here:

ls /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications

you can easily remove/rename them.

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Renaming or removing the file doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, even after rebooting. – Jonathan Landrum Aug 1 '17 at 15:31

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