barhide

CLI to hide unwanted icons from your macOS menu bar

Usage

barhide [-hV] [options] <app>|<bundle_id>
        [-u,  --update]    # Check for update and ask to install
      # Options:
      	[-f,  --force]     # Force preference change

Install ·

Via 🍺 Homebrew

brew install artginzburg/tap/barhide

Using curl

curl -sL github.com/artginzburg/barhide/raw/HEAD/tools/install.sh | sh

Using Source Code

git clone https://github.com/artginzburg/barhide
cd barhide
make

Also allows to make [ upgrade, uninstall ]

Well... Why?

Usually, you hide excessive items from the status bar like this:

1. Holding ⌘ [CMD], drag it away from your menu bar until you see a ✖️ (cross icon)
2. Let it go

To recover the icon, simply reopen the app when it's already running (in most third-party applications)

But in some cases^*, unwanted icons can't be hidden like that. At this moment barhide appears.

^* like Magnet, or Spotlight and Notification Center prior to Big Sur