Open the ‘Menu bar item should’ dropdown.Select the item in question from the left-hand menu.Launch the Bartender app, if you haven’t already.The Bartender Bar is also ideal for menu items that you only access infrequently, or for grouping related items, for example all the menu items related to editing an image. If you change your mind and want to re-add an item, then select it in Bartender’s left-hand menu, then open the ‘Menu bar should’ dropdown, and select ‘Show in menu bar.’ Add items to the Bartender BarĪlternatively, you can hide items in a special Bartender Bar, which you can then access by selecting the dotted icon in your Mac’s regular menu bar (where the cursor is positioned in the following screenshot).īy placing items in the Bartender Bar, you can ensure they’re always within easy reach, without cluttering up the regular menu bar. Open the ‘Menu bar item should’ dropdown, and then select ‘Always hide.’ This item will disappear from your Mac’s menu bar.The left-hand menu lists all the items currently taking up space in your menu bar.This launches the main Bartender user interface.Once you’ve downloaded Bartender, unzip it and launch the Bartender app.Bartender is priced at £11.68, or you can sign up for a four week free trial. If the menu item is related to a third party application, then many apps contain settings that let you remove their icons from the menu bar, so boot up the application in question and spend some time exploring its ‘Settings’ and ‘Preference’ menus.Īlternatively, you can use the third party Bartender app, which gives you complete control over the items that appear in your menu bar, and even lets you create a secondary “Bartender bar,” where you can stash infrequently-used menu items.
To remove a system item from the menu bar, hold down the ‘Command’ key, drag the item away from the menu bar, and then release it. Mac menu items come in two distinct flavours: system icons and third party icons. This can be a great way to group related icons, or to make sure your most frequently used icons have pride of place in the menu bar. Let’s start with a simple fix: if you just want to reshuffle your menu bar items, then hold down the ‘Command’ key and use drag and drop to move each icon to a new location.
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