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Life & fun · November 4, 2014

Bartender

Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

Bartender launched on November 4, 2014 with 616 votes, #2 of 1,965 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Bartender is a Mac utility that helps users organize and manage menu bar items. It allows users to hide, rearrange, and control which icons appear in the menu bar, reducing clutter on the screen. The app is designed for Mac users who want a cleaner desktop experience by customizing their menu bar visibility and layout without removing applications.

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From the sources

Take control of your Mac’s menu bar with Bartender 7. Hide, organise and automate your menu bar items, with no mouse interruptions. Try it free.

Bartender is an award-winning app for macOS that for more than 10 years has superpowered your menu bar, giving you total control over your menu bar items, what's displayed, and when, with menu bar items only showing when you need them. Bartender improves your workflow with quick reveal, search, custom hotkeys and triggers, and lots more. Redesigned ground-up for the next macOS. Smoother, faster, more responsive, every time you touch the menu bar. Search and trigger any menu bar item from your keyboard — plus clipboard history, right where you type. Bartender can function without Screen Recording — we’ll just show app icons instead of images of your bar items. The first menu bar manager to…from macbartender.com

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