Hideout keeps your macOS menu bar tidy by hiding selected icons in the system overflow area, where they remain easy to access.
- Hide and reveal menu bar items with the arrow in the menu bar.
- Reorder items with
⌘-drag. - Customize the keyboard shortcut, automatic hiding, and launch behavior.
- Check for stable GitHub releases and get notified when an update is available.
- macOS 27.0 or later.
Download the latest DMG from the GitHub Releases page, open it, and drag Hideout.app to /Applications.
macOS may ask you to confirm the first time you open the app.
- Launch Hideout. Its arrow appears in the menu bar. By default, the preferences window opens at launch.
- Hold
⌘and drag menu bar icons past the>>control to choose which items Hideout manages. - Click the arrow to collapse or expand the managed items.
- Right-click the arrow to check for updates, open Settings, toggle automatic collapse, or quit Hideout.
- In Settings, choose the shortcut, automatic hiding delay, launch options, and how the menu bar appears when you expand it.
Adjust Hideout to fit the way you use your menu bar.
MIT License © 2026 Danil Reznichenko. See LICENSE.