I've reopened this bug, as it's been over a year since this has been reported, and it's still a common question. It's obviously not a bug, but adding a context menu to this icon that would permit disabling of the functionality would go a long way towards making removal of this icon more intuitive.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => Incomplete -- Unwanted universal access icon appears in sys-tray, cannot be removed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs