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When you have a lot of windows and programmes open, you may want to Hide Running Applications. You might be working on a Word document and don’t want your Instant Messenger window to bother you. Or maybe you work in a corporate setting and don’t want your boss to see what programmes you were working on.
In that case, you can use Outsight, which is free software for Windows that lets you hide windows you don’t want to see. When you run WinVisible, it shows you a list of all the running programmes. From this list, you can choose the ones you want to hide. When you open or close an application, the list of running processes is automatically updated.
WinVisible can also be set up to go away when an application goes away. If you do this, the utility will disappear from the Windows Task Manager’s Applications tab and the system tray. But you can still find it under processes that are running.
Hide Running Applications on Windows
- Open the Taskbar Hide webpage.
- Click the Download Site option there.
- To view File Explorer, click the taskbar button with the folder library icon.
- Open the folder the Taskbar Hide setup wizard downloaded in.
- Double-click the THSetup.exe file.
- Keep clicking Next in the Welcome window to install Taskbar Hide at a default directory
- Click the setup wizard’s Finish option.
- Select OK to complete the installation by restarting Windows.
- Launch Taskbar Hide after the restart.
- Open a few software windows, and minimize them to the taskbar.
- Select the checkboxes for the minimized software windows in Taskbar Hide.
- Then click the Hide selected application window option by Taskbar Hide’s Menu button.
Hide Running Applications On Mac
Remove icon from desktop Mac Finder
- While on your desktop, go to the menu bar and choose Finder ➙ Preferences (⌘ + ,)
- Switch to the General tab
- Uncheck all the items
Remove icons to take a screenshot
Taking a screenshot is the second most common way to hide your desktop icons. When you want to show something specific on your Mac, no one needs to know what kind of files are collecting dust on your wallpaper. You could move your files by hand and then use a tool to grab the screen, but why not do both in one step?
CleanShot X is one of the best tools for taking screenshots and making videos of your Mac screen. You can take a picture of a certain area, an app window, or the whole screen. This tool can even take a picture of a website as it scrolls or be set to a timer.
FAQ
Why is automatically hide taskbar not working?
Right-click anywhere on an empty spot on the taskbar and select Taskbar settings from the resulting menu. Under Taskbar behaviors, tick the checkbox that reads Automatically hide the taskbar.
Why won’t my taskbar hide when I go fullscreen?
Open Start > Settings and choose Personalization > Taskbar from the menu. Expand the Taskbar behaviors section and check the Automatically hide the taskbar. On Windows 10, open Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar and toggle on the Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode option.