Hidden Bar

Hidden Bar

Hidden Bar is a free, open-source Mac menu bar utility that allows users to hide menu bar icons to declutter their screen. It enables customizable rules and shortcuts to show/hide icons as needed.
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Hidden Bar: Declutter Your Mac Menu Bar

Free, open-source Mac menu bar utility for customizing icon visibility and shortcuts

What is Hidden Bar?

Hidden Bar is a free, open-source menu bar utility for Mac that allows users to hide icons in their menu bar to declutter the screen. It works by letting you set rules and keyboard shortcuts to show and hide icons as needed, rather than fully removing them from the menu bar.

Some key features of Hidden Bar include:

  • Create customizable rules to automatically show/hide icons based on factors like WiFi connection, time of day, external displays, and more
  • Set keyboard shortcuts to easily toggle the visibility of icons in the menu bar
  • Organize icons into groups to show/hide multiple icons at once
  • Supports hiding a wide range of default and third-party Mac menu bar icons
  • Completely free and open-source

Hidden Bar provides a less intrusive approach to hiding menu bar icons compared to completely removing them. The rules and shortcuts allow you to hide icons you don't always need, while still giving quick access to show them when necessary. This helps reduce visual clutter without losing functionality.

It's a useful utility for Mac users who want to simplify and organize their menu bar for a cleaner look or to improve workflow. The customization options make it easy to set up the menu bar to suit your individual needs.

Hidden Bar Features

Features

  1. Hide menu bar icons
  2. Customizable rules and shortcuts
  3. Open source code
  4. Free and no ads

Pricing

  • Free
  • Open Source

Pros

Declutters menu bar

Flexible customization

Free with no ads

Open source transparency

Cons

Manual process to hide/show icons

No sync across devices

Limited to Mac menu bar only


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