Hidden Bar

An ultra-light macOS utility that hides menu bar items.

2019 · Top contributor · Dwarves Foundation
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Hidden Bar preferences window showing hidden and shown menu bar sections

Hidden Bar lets you hide menu bar items to give your Mac a cleaner look. Hold ⌘ and drag icons to the left of the separator, then click the arrow to tuck them away.

Built as open source at Dwarves Foundation, it's on the Mac App Store and Homebrew and has grown to around 15k stars on GitHub. I'm its top contributor.

Highlights

  • Free on the Mac App Store or through Homebrew: brew install --cask hiddenbar
  • Global shortcut and optional auto-hide after a delay
  • Tiny footprint, notarized builds, and MIT licensed

Stack

  • Swift
  • AppKit
  • macOS

Showcase

Animation of hiding menu bar items with Hidden Bar
⌘ + drag to arrange, click the arrow to hide