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24 alternatives to Vanilla

Hide menu bar icons on 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 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   VANILLA▲6

   Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Vanilla▲118

   Hide menu bar icons on your Mac for free

   2017 · matthewpalmer.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dozer▲166

   Hide menu bar icons with ease ✨

   2019 · dozermac.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hidden Bar▲101

   Hide menubar items

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Free My Desktop▲147

   Hides all the icons from your desktop with a click

   2018 · valentinourbano.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Camouflage▲74

   Hides your Mac desktop icons

   2015 · briksoftware.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dozer▲5

   Hide menu bar icons to give your Mac a cleaner look

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Bartender 2▲298

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    HiddenMe▲276

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

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hide My Bar▲119

    macOS app to turn off the Touch Bar at will

    2020 · clemstation.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ChocolateBar▲74

    Add a row under your menu bar for hidden icons

    Jun 2026 · chocolatebar.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hocus Focus▲299

    A Mac menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows

    2014 · hocusfoc.us · 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 · goodsnooze.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Bartender 2▲21

    Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac, with much more

    2016 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TopNotch▲271

    Makes the new MacBook Pro notch disappear like a Ninja

    2021 · topnotch.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    MenubarX▲474

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

    2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →

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    Skip Tunes▲115

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

    2015 · skiptunes.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Lounge▲80

    macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control

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

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    Backdrop for Mac▲129

    Focus on one window at a time. Hide everything else.

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    HideMyDock▲75

    Hides you macOS dock on selected virtual desktops

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hush▲142

    Blur your messy desktop to hide it during screen sharing

    Feb 2026 · poteam.pro · its alternatives →

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

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