ShiftBar

Alpha

A little room for your Mac menu bar

Choose which menu bar icons to hide. Expand or collapse with a click, before your menu bar fills up.
Built on native folding, with your hidden range remembered and layout backup and restore.

Interactive demo; refer to the app for actual behavior

Click the capsule to make room

Click to expand or collapse · Shift-click to adjust the hidden range

Hide menu bar icons. Bring them back with a click.
Keep rarely used icons out of the way and reveal them with a click. Your apps keep running.
Your hidden range, remembered
Drag to choose the hidden range. Save a separate backup and restore it whenever you need.
Quietly in your menu bar. Works offline.
No Dock icon or account required. Supports English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
  1. Start adjustingShift + Click the capsule

    Start choosing which icons to hide.

  2. Choose a rangeShift + Drag the adjustment bar

    Once ready, drag left to hide more or right to hide fewer.

  3. Save your layoutClick the capsule

    Then click normally to expand or collapse.

  4. Menu optionsRight-click the capsule

    Adjust the range, hide all left icons, back up or restore, view help and check for updates.

On first use, allow Accessibility access in System Settings. The available range depends on screen space, the notch and your menu bar layout.

Still being refined. Ready to try.

ShiftBar is currently in Alpha. The public preview is now available to download.

Download for Mac

A companion to native menu bar folding on macOS 27.