Making M365 Companion apps not show up as minimized in the dock

Discussion in 'Product updates and feedback' started by NachoMora, Oct 21, 2025.

  1. NachoMora

    NachoMora Bit poster

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    Hi folks!

    Microsoft seems to be introducing a new set of apps that run in the background for M365 users that they called "Companion apps", namely "People", "Calendar", and "Files", which seem to be somewhat useful, but when they're not open, Parallels interprets them to be minimized, so they show up in the right part of the dock (where minimized apps would be). See the following image for reference:

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    Now, I don't mind having them in the middle of the dock, where the rest of the apps that are in the Windows taskbar live (since out of Coherence mode, they live in the taskbar). But it's so annoying to have them in the right section (where minimized apps live), as I have not minimized them. Is there any way I can get rid of them in the "minimized" section of the dock (outside of having apps minimize into their icons, which would not allow any app to be minimized there)?

    Microsoft article about the apps, for reference: Microsoft 365 companions apps overview - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn

    It looks like Microsoft is definitely introducing these apps (and they're here to stay), so if there's no readily available way to keep them out of the minimized apps tray, @parallels Engineers, can you please make some investments in making their presence in the dock less annoying from a UX perspective?

    Thanks!
     

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