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# How to hide unnecessary icons in the system tray macOS
- URL: https://en.blog.themarfa.name/how-to-hide-unnecessary-icons-in-the-system-tray-macos/
- Published: 2020-05-04T09:17:02.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-04T09:17:02.000Z
- Description: On Windows to hide the extra icons in the tray is an easy task. But on macOS it's much harder.
- Author: Konstantin Dokuchaev
- Tags: macos, Vanilla

On Windows to hide the extra icons in the tray is an easy task. But on macOS it's much harder.

*This is autotranslated version of [this post](https://blog.themarfa.name/kak-skryt-lishniie-ikonki-v-sistiemnoi-panieli-macos/).*

**Vanilla** hides icons in the system tray macOS.

![](https://blog.themarfa.name/content/images/2020/05/vanilla-square-gif.gif)

In application settings you can specify the option to hide extra icons yourself, or configure the autohide after a while.

![](https://blog.themarfa.name/content/images/2020/05/image-4.png)

Hide icons is also possible by hotkey.

[Download](https://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/)