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Guides on tidying up the macOS menu bar.
Hide the volume icon from the Mac menu bar
How to hide the volume icon from the Mac menu bar in macOS 26 and in earlier versions, what still works after it is gone, and the one shortcut you give up.
Hide the Wi-Fi icon from the Mac menu bar
How to hide the Wi-Fi icon from the Mac menu bar in macOS 26 and earlier, why Wi-Fi has no show-when-active option, and what you give up before you turn it off.
Hide the Zoom icon from the Mac menu bar
How to hide the Zoom icon from the Mac menu bar, why the app produces four different kinds of menu bar presence, which of them can be turned off, and what to do about the rest.
Ice menu bar app on Mac: what it does and who it fits
Ice is a free, open source menu bar manager for macOS 14 and later, but its last stable release, 0.11.12, dates from October 2024. What it does and who it fits.
Is Bartender for Mac still maintained? The 2026 record
Is Bartender for Mac still maintained? The current version, who owns it now, what happened in 2024, and how to check any Mac utility yourself.
Mac menu bar customize: what to change and what to hide
To customize the Mac menu bar, turn off unused controls in System Settings > Menu Bar, then Command-drag icons to reorder or remove them. Each switch, covered.
Hide the Google Drive icon from your Mac menu bar
Google Drive has no setting to hide its menu bar icon. The options: the macOS Tahoe Allow in the Menu Bar switch, Command-drag, a menu bar manager, or quitting.
How to Hide Menu Bar Icons on Mac Without Losing Access
On macOS Tahoe 26 and later, hide menu bar icons in System Settings > Menu Bar, or Command-drag them out. To keep them one click away, use a menu bar manager.