diff --git a/modules/panel/components/enhanced_system_tray.py b/modules/panel/components/enhanced_system_tray.py
index 174f33b..f542e39 100644
--- a/modules/panel/components/enhanced_system_tray.py
+++ b/modules/panel/components/enhanced_system_tray.py
@@ -1,27 +1,57 @@
-"""
-Simplified System Tray Icon Patch
-
-Focuses on loading icons from absolute file paths and fixing tooltip naming.
-"""
-
 from pathlib import Path
+import weakref
 
 from fabric.system_tray.widgets import SystemTrayItem
-from fabric.utils import GdkPixbuf, GLib
+from fabric.utils import GdkPixbuf, GLib, logger
+
+from services.config import get_config, on_config_change
+
+# Track active tray items for hot-reloading
+_tracked_items = weakref.WeakSet()
+
+
+def should_hide(item) -> bool:
+    """Check if a tray item should be hidden based on config."""
+    ignore_list = get_config("systray_ignore", [])
+    if not ignore_list:
+        return False
+
+    title = item.title if item.title else ""
+    identifier = item.identifier if item.identifier else ""
+
+    # Check both title and identifier (case-insensitive for convenience)
+    for pattern in ignore_list:
+        p = pattern.lower()
+        if p in title.lower() or p in identifier.lower():
+            return True
+    return False
 
 
 def patched_do_update_properties(self, *_):
     # Determine the icon name to use
-    icon_name = self._item.icon_name
-    attention_icon_name = self._item.attention_icon_name
+    item = self._item
+    icon_name = item.icon_name
+    attention_icon_name = item.attention_icon_name
 
-    if self._item.status == "NeedsAttention" and attention_icon_name:
+    # Log item info for user debugging
+    logger.info(
+        f"[SysTray] Item: title='{getattr(item, 'title', '')}', identifier='{getattr(item, 'identifier', '')}'"
+    )
+
+    # Visibility check
+    is_hidden = should_hide(item)
+    self.set_visible(not is_hidden)
+
+    if is_hidden:
+        return
+
+    if item.status == "NeedsAttention" and attention_icon_name:
         preferred_icon_name = attention_icon_name
     else:
         preferred_icon_name = icon_name
 
     # 1. Try the standard fabric/GTK implementation first
-    pixbuf = self._item.get_preferred_icon_pixbuf(self._icon_size)
+    pixbuf = item.get_preferred_icon_pixbuf(self._icon_size)
 
     # 2. If standard lookup fails, try your specific absolute path logic
     if pixbuf is None and preferred_icon_name:
@@ -44,15 +74,33 @@ def patched_do_update_properties(self, *_):
     else:
         self._image.set_from_icon_name("image-missing", self._icon_size)
 
-    tooltip = self._item.tooltip
+    tooltip = item.tooltip
     self.set_tooltip_markup(
         tooltip.description
         or tooltip.title
-        or (self._item.title.title() if self._item.title else None)
+        or (item.title.title() if item.title else None)
         or "Unknown"
     )
 
 
 def apply_enhanced_system_tray():
+    # Patch __init__ to track instances
+    original_init = SystemTrayItem.__init__
+
+    def patched_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        original_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        _tracked_items.add(self)
+
+    SystemTrayItem.__init__ = patched_init
+
     # Replace the method on the class so all tray items use this logic
     SystemTrayItem.do_update_properties = patched_do_update_properties
+
+    # Setup hot-reload listener
+    def on_reload(new_config, old_config):
+        if new_config.get("systray_ignore") != old_config.get("systray_ignore"):
+            logger.info("[SysTray] Config changed, updating tray item visibility")
+            for item_widget in _tracked_items:
+                item_widget.do_update_properties()
+
+    on_config_change(on_reload)