barhide [-hV] [options] <app>|<bundle_id>
[-u, --update] # Check for update and ask to install
# Options:
[-f, --force] # Force preference change
Via 🍺 Homebrew
brew install artginzburg/tap/barhide
curl -sL github.com/artginzburg/barhide/raw/HEAD/tools/install.sh | sh
git clone https://github.com/artginzburg/barhide
cd barhide
make
Also allows to
make [ upgrade, uninstall ]
Usually, you hide excessive items from the status bar like this:
- Holding
⌘ [CMD]
, drag it away from your menu bar until you see a ✖️ (cross icon) - 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