How To Hide An App Mac

 

What happens when you hide an item?

When you hide an item, it won't appear in your library on any devices that you use with your Apple ID, unless you already downloaded the item onto those devices.

Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET The default options for application-hiding in OS X are to press Command-H to hide the current program, or to press Option-Command-H to hide all applications except. In Terminal, type chflags hidden and then drag a folder or file you want to hide into the Terminal window; you can still access those hidden folders and files by summoning the Go To Folder dialog. To hide an item from Mac menu bar, hold the Command button on your keyboard, then drag the icon and drop it to the left side of the vertical line of this Hidden Bar. Repeat the steps to select and hide more apps, icons in the menu bar. Click the right arrow to hide all the apps or icons on the left side of the Hidden bar icons on Mac menu bar. The new app features “Single App Mode” that lets you open a single app as well as hide all of your windows with a single click or shortcut. Hides is now priced at 4.99 USD in the Mac App Store. If you don’t know how to use the app, we can help you. Just change the app name, prepending a dot. To unhide the app, just remove the dot. Note that Launchpad will take some time to see the changes. If it doesn't work, try to reboot. Tip: in Finder, you can toggle to see hidden files using keyboard shortcut CMD + SHIFT +. Using shell: cd /Applications sudo mv YourApp.app.YourApp.app.

If you use Family Sharing, family members won't see items that you hide, unless they downloaded the item before you hid it.

How To Hide An App Mac

If you or a family member downloaded the item onto another device before you hid it, you can delete the item from that device. Learn how to delete music, movies, and TV shows or delete books.

Hiding an item doesn't hide the record of purchase. You can still see the item in your purchase history.

How to hide music, movies, and TV shows

  1. On your computer, open the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, or iTunes.
  2. In the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, click Account, then click Purchased. (If you use Family Sharing, you might see Family Purchases instead of Purchased.)
  3. Depending on what you want to hide, click Music, Movies, or TV Shows at the top of the window, then click All. All of your purchased items appear.
  4. Find the item that you want to hide. Hold your pointer over the item until the hide purchase button appears. Click the hide purchase button .

How to unhide music, movies, and TV shows

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To open the Apple Music app and sign in to your Account Information page, click this link: View My Account. Or follow these steps:

  1. On your computer, open the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, or iTunes.
  2. In the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, click Account, then click View My Account.
  3. On the page that appears, scroll to the iTunes in the Cloud section. Next to Hidden Purchases, click Manage.
  4. Depending on what you want to unhide, click Music, Movies, or TV Shows at the top of the window.
  5. Find the item that you want to unhide, then click Unhide under it.

How to hide books and audiobooks

  1. Open the Books app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  2. Tap Library.
  3. Tap the More icon below the book or audiobook that you want to hide. If the item is part of a series, tap the series, choose an individual book, then tap More .
  4. Tap Remove.
  5. Tap Hide Book or Hide Audiobook.
    If you don't see Hide Book or Hide Audiobook, look for Remove Download, which removes the book from your device, or Delete Everywhere, which removes the book from iCloud and all your devices.

You can also hide books in the Books app on a Mac. Click Book Store, click Featured, click Purchased in the Quick Links on the right, then click All. Hover your pointer over a book and click the Hide purchase button that appears.

How to unhide books and audiobooks

  1. Open the Books app.
  2. Tap Reading Now.
  3. Tap the sign-in button or your photo at the top of the screen, then tap Manage Hidden Purchases.
  4. Find the item that you want to unhide, then tap Unhide next to the item.

To unhide books in the Books app on Mac, click Store > View My Apple ID, scroll to Hidden Purchases, then click Manage.

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  • You can also hide and unhide apps.
  • Or you can delete apps from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  • Hiding an app doesn't cancel a subscription. Learn how to view, change, or cancel your subscriptions.