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Auto-Hide the Mac Menu Bar: Settings and Limits

macOS can hide the whole menu bar. Tuck can rehide a section of icons. Choose the setting for the part you want out of sight.

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Short answer. On macOS 26, open System Settings, Menu Bar and choose when the menu bar should hide. This moves the whole bar away until the pointer reaches the top edge. Tuck’s automatic rehiding instead puts revealed icons back into a hidden section.

Steps

  1. Open Menu Bar settings. On macOS 26, choose Apple menu, System Settings, then Menu Bar in the sidebar.
  2. Choose a hide mode. Find Automatically hide and show the menu bar. Choose Always, On Desktop Only, In Full Screen Only or Never.
  3. Check the result. Move the pointer away from the top edge, then back to it. Test in a desktop window and in full screen so you can see how your selected mode behaves.
  4. Undo the change. Return to the same setting and choose Never to keep the menu bar visible.

When to use Tuck’s automatic rehiding

Use Tuck’s automatic rehiding when the menu bar should stay visible but the hidden section should close after use. Configure the reveal and rehide options in Tuck’s General settings. These options affect Tuck’s sections; they do not replace macOS’s setting for the whole menu bar.

Keep the bar visible while arranging icons

Set the macOS option to Never while you arrange icons. A bar that disappears as you move the pointer can make layout changes harder to check. Restore your preferred mode after checking the layout.

The Tuck Bar is a separate view

The Tuck Bar presents hidden items below the menu bar. It helps when the menu bar itself has too little room beside a notch. Opening it and hiding the entire macOS menu bar are separate actions. Test both on the display you use, including full-screen apps.

If the result is unexpected

Turn off auto-hide temporarily, quit other menu bar managers and repeat the action. Note your macOS build, display and Tuck version in a support report. Do not reset unrelated preferences to troubleshoot one hide setting.

The macOS steps target macOS 26. Tuck instructions describe its documented settings and supplied UI renders; the public DMG is launching soon. Pro features remain planned.

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