[SOLVED] How to remove universal access from notification area ..

[prince_niceguy]

I figured it out. Thanks much for the help. For anybody who google searches up this thread with the same problem as me, take it off with alt-f2 gnome-keyboard-properties. under accessibility uncheck the box that says accessibility features can be toggled with keyboard.

thank you so much... I was so frustrated with that icon. Now it is gone... no idea why it got enabled in ubuntu intrepid.. should not have...

thanks you so much...

[Grue]

Thanks for the solution. There really should be a right click context menu to remove the icon though. It's not very user friendly as it is now.

[r0t]

Thank you, that solved it for me on a Fedora system as well. Really annoying thing.

[Dread Knight]

Thank you very much!
*PHEW!*

[kmaliagkas]

thanks

very good fix

[duanedesign]

it seems there has been a large number of posts/threads hitting the forums in the last week in regards to this. Must have been an update that triggered this. At first i thought i just hit some random keyboard shortcut by mistake.
I have one even stranger. I have two (2) of these Universal Access (Assistive Technologies) icons in my panel. I was able to get rid of one using the fix here. (FWIW that is also accessible under System > Preferences > Keyboard > Accesibility > Accesibility features can be toggled with keyboard shortcut)

Any ideas how to get rid of the second one?

[Solarisphere]

Wow I'm glad you posted the solution instead of keeping it to yourself. I'll have to remember to do that in the future.

[lmsurprenant]

Found this question in the launchpad answers site as well: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/42914

[Claus7]

Hello,

I was able to get rid of one using the fix here. (FWIW that is also accessible under System > Preferences > Keyboard > Accesibility > Accesibility features can be toggled with keyboard shortcut)

I unchecked the box in front of this option, and that icon disappeared from my panel!

Thanks!
Regards!

[ibm450]

I figured it out. Thanks much for the help. For anybody who google searches up this thread with the same problem as me, take it off with alt-f2 gnome-keyboard-properties. under accessibility uncheck the box that says accessibility features can be toggled with keyboard.

thanks a million