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24 alternatives to VANILLA

Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. VANILLA launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Vanilla▲118

   Hide menu bar icons on your Mac for free

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Vanilla▲2

   Hide menu bar icons on mac

   2019 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dozer▲166

   Hide menu bar icons with ease ✨

   2019 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bartender 2▲301

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HiddenMe▲276

   Click a button to hide all the desktop icons on your Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hidden Bar▲101

   Hide menubar items

   2022 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hide My Bar▲119

   macOS app to turn off the Touch Bar at will

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hocus Focus▲304

   A Mac menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ChocolateBar▲74

    Add a row under your menu bar for hidden icons

    Jun 2026 · chocolatebar.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dozer▲5

    Hide menu bar icons to give your Mac a cleaner look

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Arthur▲271

    Effortlessly optimize some of your Mac's hidden settings

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Free My Desktop▲147

    Hides all the icons from your desktop with a click

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    TogglePresent▲8

    Single click, worry free presentations

    Feb 2026 · togglepresent.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Forehead▲157

    Hide the notch and round all corners on the new MacBook Pro

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MenubarX▲483

    A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lounge▲80

    macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control

    Apr 2026 · lounge.asktobuild.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    One Goal▲132

    Makes your goal more visible by showing it on the menu bar

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Skip Tunes▲115

    Control iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio from your Mac's menubar

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Barred▲11

    A lightweight, open-source menu bar manager for macOS

    25d ago · marginalutility.dev · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fader▲90

    Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically

    Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    TopNotch▲271

    Makes the new MacBook Pro notch disappear like a Ninja

    2021 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Menu Bar Web Browser▲93

    Browse your favourite websites in menubar

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Background Music▲218

    Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar

    2016 · its alternatives →

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