WD Ext. Hard Drive icon won't go away in Menu Bar?

First, I tried Time Machine and it said I had to reformat my WD, but I didn't want to do that because it had my PC laptop saved to it. So, then I opened WD in Finder and tried to start the process through WD's software. It Scanned and started Processing my Mac files and during the process, I cancelled because I really wanted to use Time Machine. I then deleted the folder "Memeo" from my Finder Applications and proceeded to use Time Machine. I went forward and reformatted my WD so I could use Time Machine, which worked great. However, there is an icon from Memeo stuck in my Menu Bar and I can't seem to get it to go away. Please Help!

Yes; however, I move it to the trash earlier, thinking my Mac would take care of all that. Now when I connect my hard drive, it comes up as Time Machine, so I don't know how to get it back like it was before I began Time Machine?

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