Just like the status bar on your iPhone, the menu bar on your Mac has probably gotten cluttered over time. Even if you use menu bar management apps that reduce clutter, you still sometimes have to look at the entire menu bar, and that can be a bit of a mess. When there are two dozen icons in your menu bar (yes, I just counted mine), it’s going to be hard to find anything. If you don’t use most of the apps that use your menu bar, it might be a good time to clean it up.

To clean up the menu bar, hold down the Command key and drag an app icon outside of it. Drop the icon anywhere outside of the menu bar and it will be removed. This is the easiest way to clean up the menu bar, but if it doesn’t work, there are alternative ways to get the job done.

Lately, I’ve been leaning more towards Mac apps made by the awesome indie developer community and less towards Apple’s Shortcuts. While Shortcuts is still a must-have app on the iPhone, it just isn’t the same on the Mac, at least not for me. If you’re in the same boat as me, you might be better off removing your shortcuts from the menu bar.

This used to be easier, but unfortunately Apple has disabled the Command-click method for removing shortcuts from the menu bar. Now, you need to open Shortcuts and click on the Menu Bar tab in the left pane. Press Command-A to select all shortcuts in that section, then right-click and select Remove from Menu Bar. This will automatically remove Shortcuts from the menu bar.