BarStack – Menu Bar Organizer
Menu Bar Organizer
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
Organize your Mac menu bar with smart grouping, compact mode, presets, triggers, and keyboard shortcuts. Everything stays on your Mac.
Keep your Mac's menu bar clean. One rule, no setup.
BarStack hides the menu bar icons you don't need right now and shows them again the moment you do. Hold ⌘ and drag icons to the left of BarStack's ‹ handle — everything left of it hides in Compact Mode, everything right of it stays.
Features
• Compact Mode
Hide the icons left of the ‹ handle behind a single, small control. Press it (or the shortcut) to show them again.
• Quick Reveal
Peek at hidden icons with one shortcut (⌃⌥⌘B by default) or by hovering the BarStack icon; the bar tucks itself away again when you move on.
• Hidden Icons at a glance
Open the popover to see which icons are hidden right now, shown with their real menu bar glyphs. Optional: needs Screen Recording access once, and captures only the menu bar icons themselves — never your screen.
• Made for the notch
Designed for MacBooks whose menu bar runs out of room.
• Private by design
Fully sandboxed, no network access, no account, no analytics. Settings never leave your Mac.
Available in English, Korean, Japanese and Spanish.
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• macOS 27: Compact Mode works again. macOS 27 drops menu bar items that grow wider than half the screen, which removed BarStack's ‹ handle instead of hiding anything. BarStack now uses a shorter handle there, and hidden icons move into the system's overflow button. After updating on macOS 27, ⌘-drag the icons you want hidden to the left of the ‹ handle once.
• macOS 27: the Hidden Icons list is turned off, because the new menu bar no longer lets apps see other apps' icons.
• Fixed: while Compact Mode was on, the Hidden Icons list could say nothing was hidden.
• Fixed: the popover kept showing the arranging hint after you pressed Compact, and Peek said icons would hide "when you press Compact" even though they hide again on their own.
The developer, Yunhong Kim, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Yunhong Kim
- Size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.4 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 26.4 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hong. All rights reserved.
