Is there a way to remove the 
button from the status bar in VS 2022? All the solutions I could find are for versions prior to VS 2022.
I don't use any kind of source control and having that button linger in the status bar is visually unpleasing/annoying, especially when it's sitting next to information that's useful.
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There is since a while ago an excellent Visual Studio extension that hides the button for you:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Sebazzz.RemovetheVisualStudioPublishbutton
Absolutely recommend it.
I had to install Visual Commander from https://vlasovstudio.com/visual-commander/ and then enable the example extensions which modifies the UI so that the source control button is not displayed anymore