You can put your application into system tray easily. You need dconf-editor for that. Just follow this steps: Open the terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T Then run this command for install dconf-editor sudo apt-get install dconf-tools Once completed installation then press "ALT+F2" and type "dconf-editor" Go inside with desktop > unity > panel then click on systray-whitelist for add your application on tray. ['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Update-notifier', 'Skype', 'your-app']