NotifyIcon remains in Tray even after application closing but disappears on Mouse Hover

Question

There are many questions on SO asking same doubt. Solution for this is to set

notifyIcon.icon = null and calling Dispose for it in FormClo

Answer 1

Use this code when you want to do it when you press the Exit or Close button:

private void ExitButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    notifyIcon.Dispose();
    Application.Exit(); // or this.Close();
}

Use this code when you want to do it when the form is closing:

private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    notifyIcon.Dispose();
    Application.Exit(); // or this.Close();
}

The important code is this:

notifyIcon.Dispose();