# Understanding the configuration storage in ~/.config/Duplicati. Can I remove stuff?

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Microsoft Style Guide [confirms](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/s/system-tray) `system tray` is wrong, but search shows it’s used a lot anyway…

> Don’t use. Use _notification area_ instead.

On Linux, some people call them indicators. [Here’s](https://ayatanaindicators.github.io/about/) history from a possible future indicator source.

> The panel indicator area was introduced in an early version of GNOME somewhat based on the Microsoft Windows '95 design, as an area dedicated to notifications. It is often called the systray or the notification area.

Here’s a Linux one, which is similar to Windows’. Icon has a menu, and changes color and shape.

![image](https://forum.duplicati.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/46ce4fb8e223edb70321aa2f0ce545a4254a8fb3.png)

[Make System Tray icon a little bit more informative](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/make-system-tray-icon-a-little-bit-more-informative/7539) is a request to do more with this, but more basic is [disappearance](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/4024#issuecomment-569551162) of the currently used indicator software, slowly maybe replaced by [Ayatana Indicators](https://ayatanaindicators.github.io/).

EDIT:

As this change progresses, even installing gets tough:

[Duplicati fails to install at Centos 8 #3950](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/3950)

[libappindicator is not part of OpenSUSE - why is it needed? #3804](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/3804)

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