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Now, use the toggle in front of the Windows Security notification icon to hide or show its icon. If you don’t want to do it from Settings, try doing the same from the Registry Editor.

Instagram lets you hide photos from your feed without deleting them. You can simply archive posts that you want to hide from your feed. Archived posts stay on the app and you can restore them anytime.