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Only GNOME extension and native icons are displayed. Other icons like Dropbox, shutter, enpass etc. do not appear in the top bar.

Am I missing something? I already tried using extensions that I used with GNOME before but nothing (Topicons Plus, Ubuntu appindicators etc.) seems to help.

Currently I'm using Ubuntu Xorg, but in Wayland I have the same issue.

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I've encountered the same problem. I tried to remove the indicator-application-service completely, and see, the problem went away! I guess coming from 16.04 leaves some Unity-related stuff on my machine that is not only obsolete but prevents the AppIndicator extension from properly working.

What to do:

sudo apt remove indicator-application
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    Did not work in my case....
    – Ben Winding
    Oct 26, 2017 at 8:19
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    @TylerDurden have you enabled the AppIndicator Gnome Shell Extension? My way of doing it is similar to the solution described at askubuntu.com/a/967226/751074, but permanent
    – enolive
    Oct 26, 2017 at 16:20
  • Yes that extension seems to have fixed it, but the icons aren't in the bottom left anymore. Any idea why they changed that?
    – Ben Winding
    Oct 28, 2017 at 8:23
  • Because Ubuntu Appindicator moves these icons from bottom left to tray panel.
    – QkiZ
    Nov 4, 2017 at 20:39
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    Worked for me, after restarting Gnome Shell --- press Alt + f2 and execute the command r.
    – Rasmus
    Apr 12, 2018 at 7:53
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I have the same problem with 17.10. At least the following command helps here to bring the icons back until the next reboot:

killall indicator-application-service

Edit: This workaround is running fine here without using any gnome-extension like "Topicon-plus" or "Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support".

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  • Yes, in Ubuntu 17.10. Directly after upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10 the indicators were shown, but after rebooting Ubuntu not anymore. With this upper workarround i can bring them back until next reboot.
    – amDude1848
    Oct 21, 2017 at 19:52
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    Cool! Theoretically one can then auto-execute this command at startup and won't have to bother again.
    – pomsky
    Oct 21, 2017 at 19:55
  • Yeah thanks for the solution. I had the same idea and I am going to do this. :-)
    – amDude1848
    Oct 21, 2017 at 19:57
  • Yes, i am use an extension called "Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support", but i am not sure if it works because of the extension. Got this tip from OMGUbuntu-Website.
    – amDude1848
    Oct 21, 2017 at 20:00
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat.
    – pomsky
    Oct 21, 2017 at 20:01
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As suggested here, try removing all obsolete indicators if any still present

indicator-application
indicator-appmenu
indicator-bluetooth
indicator-common
indicator-datetime
indicator-keyboard
indicator-messages
indicator-network
indicator-power
indicator-printers
indicator-session
indicator-sound
indicator-transfer
indicator-transfer-download-manager

Just execute this command in a terminal:

sudo apt purge indicator-application indicator-appmenu indicator-bluetooth indicator-common indicator-datetime indicator-keyboard indicator-messages indicator-network indicator-power indicator-printers indicator-session indicator-sound indicator-transfer indicator-transfer-download-manager
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Another possible solution is delete Indicator-application autostart .desktop file. It's installed in

/etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop

If you dont want to remove it and sometimes is using Unity 7. This made Indicator-application not start at login.

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  • Thanks, it worked! I was trying so many things which didn't work.
    – Steve
    Sep 10, 2018 at 17:48
  • Thanks ! My indicator would not close if I try to quit the app using Budgie desktop on Debian 10. Removing the ayatana-indicator-application.desktop solve the issue.
    – Lich4r
    Apr 10, 2020 at 16:16
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Nothing from suggested works for Shutter app in Ubuntu 18.04 as libgtk2-appindicator-perl package has been removed from main repo. To enable the Shutter indicator in Ubuntu 18.04 install libappindicator-dev:

libappindicator-dev

and Gtk2::AppIndicator perl extension:

sudo cpan -i Gtk2::AppIndicator

Restart Shutter, its indicator should appear now in system tray.

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    The only suggestion that actually displayed the Shutter icon.
    – Mr. T
    Aug 18, 2018 at 9:17
  • There's a PPA that brings back the AppIndicator for Shutter, and every other feature missing due to removed dependencies (even those that are no longer available in Ubuntu for a long time, like the feature to take a screenshot of a website): linuxuprising.com/2018/10/…
    – Logix
    Dec 4, 2018 at 12:48
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In all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type:

sudo apt install indicator-applet-complete

Indicator-applet is an applet to display information from various applications consistently in the GNOME panel. This instance will load all indicators in a single panel applet.

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I'm on 18.04 (upgraded from version 16).

After following other suggestions such as wiping the old indicator-* programs, and installing the "Kstatusnotifieritem extension", my icons returned -yay-

..but they went away every time the laptop went to lock/or was closed for awhile. Which is often.

Everything comes back, but you have to Alt+F2+R every time, which is annoying and also rearranges my bottom bar dock thing, and since I have many terminals open and arranged, you can imagine :x.

Anyway, this post seems to have fixed it.

Removing default ubuntu[email protected] from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions

aka 

sudo rm -r /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]

I locked it with Super+L to test it - and my icons did not go away. :D

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Click the nine dots on your dock.

applications icon

At the search field write "tweak". You will see gnome tweak tools:

searching gnome tweak tools

If you don't have it installed you can click it and that will open software center. You can install it from there.

After, run tweaks and go to extensions.

appindicator on tweak tools

Just turn the appindicators on and you will have a working system tray where you can see the dropbox, telegram or other icons.

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    Added two screenshots and a better explanation. Didn't do it before because my system is in portuguese, but I think it's clear anyway.
    – lapisdecor
    Oct 22, 2017 at 16:00
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    This solution works and does not need to uninstall anything. Just uses the "Ubuntu Tweak" tool.
    – Ferdinand Prantl
    Nov 14, 2017 at 8:36
  • I meant "gnome-tweak-tool"; not "ubuntu-tweak", which I wrote in the comment above.
    – Ferdinand Prantl
    Nov 14, 2017 at 19:37
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A combination of enolive's answer and amDude1848's answer seems to be necessary.

This will fix the problem in the current session:

killall indicator-application-service

And this will prevent the problem from reoccurring:

sudo apt remove indicator-application
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