Bartender app icon

Bartender

Hides and organizes your Mac menu bar icons

MacFrom $20

The verdict

On a MacBook with a notch, menu bar icons that don't fit vanish behind it, and Bartender moves them into its own bar. It also hides icons you rarely use and brings them back with a hotkey, a search or a trigger like unplugging your charger, and version 7 adds a Command Bar for clicking any item from the keyboard. Ice and Hidden Bar hide icons free, so pay only for the triggers and profiles.

The Useful TechResearched and written with AI under our rulesUpdated 14 Oct 2026

Get it if

You have more menu bar icons than space, especially on a MacBook with a notch.

Skip it if

You only want to tuck away a few icons, which the free, open source Ice already does.

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What it helps you do

  • Hide menu bar icons you rarely click
  • Find any menu bar item by typing
  • Show your VPN icon only on public Wi-Fi
  • Swap menu bar layouts for each display setup

What it really costs

Pay once or subscribe? Drag to see the total after each year.

  • Pay once
  • Yearly plan
  • Setappalso includes 250+ other Mac apps

Pay-once totals leave out paid upgrades to future major versions.

Plans and prices

  • Bartender 7

    $25

    $25 once for all your Macs, after a 4-week free trial; it also activates Bartender 6

  • Bartender Pro

    $20

    $20 a year, with Bartender and every upgrade while you subscribe, plus Top Shelf, a Dynamic Island for the Mac, after a 14-day free trial

  • Mega Supporter

    $80

    $80 once, a lifetime license that includes Bartender Pro and all future upgrades

  • Setapp

    Included

    Included in a Setapp subscription, which has a 7-day free trial

What changed

  1. Version 7.1.0

  2. Added to The Useful Apps

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The details

Runs on
Mac
Requires
macOS 14 or later
Version
7.1.0
Menu bar app
Lives in the menu bar
Shortcuts
Works with the Shortcuts app
Free trial
Try the paid version first

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