I don’t see any options to hide the icon in preferences. Or am I blind? 
I guess you are running the latest v02.02.02.56 of BS. I was looking in v02.02.01.60.
In there it is still a preference and the Helio option was quite dominant in the slice result menu
Just installed the new version and I don’t really see the issue of the tiny icons there.
When i go into the slice settings, I see so many options I don’t use, but I am not complaining about their existence there.
If you don’t use it, just don’t click it.
Btw, if you click the Helio Icon, you get this nice menu, where you can uninstall the plugin.
It’s like you didn’t even read my question… it’s a simple one. And it’s not about you.
Is this the question you are referring to?