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Removing clock from the Menu Bar in BigSur

Hi All


Is there any way to remove the menu bar clock in BigSur?


In System Preferences under Date & Time, the clock tab is missing.


In System Preferences under Dock & Menu Bar I can't seem to do more than to minimize the clock by using the Analogue option, but cannot remove it entirely.


Has this function been moved elsewhere, has it been removed or is this a bug?


Thanks for any help whatsoever.


rOcKpApErScIsSoRs


Posted on Nov 13, 2020 2:23 AM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2020 5:16 AM

Good tip actually, rOck, thanks for pointing that out, I always hid the Apple menubar clock, since I use a 3rd party app called The Clock, and it was driving me nuts trying to turn off Apple's clock. Making it into the tiny analog will suffice for now, until someone figures out a Terminal command or something to remove it.


For those wanting to know how to toggle Apple's Clock from digital to analog:


System Pref: Dock & Menu Bar: Clock (near bottom), Time Options: Analog

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Dec 15, 2020 5:16 AM in response to rOcKpApErScIsSoRs

Good tip actually, rOck, thanks for pointing that out, I always hid the Apple menubar clock, since I use a 3rd party app called The Clock, and it was driving me nuts trying to turn off Apple's clock. Making it into the tiny analog will suffice for now, until someone figures out a Terminal command or something to remove it.


For those wanting to know how to toggle Apple's Clock from digital to analog:


System Pref: Dock & Menu Bar: Clock (near bottom), Time Options: Analog

Dec 15, 2020 10:09 AM in response to rOcKpApErScIsSoRs

I wonder if you realized you have to click on the time, not just the menu bar, in order for it to change to black. It's still a bit awkward for me as I attempt to keep DND off all of the time (basically impossible as far as I can tell). So, I have to click the time once in order to read it and another time to turn DND back off. But, it works.

Dec 15, 2020 1:42 PM in response to rOcKpApErScIsSoRs

Ha! You're lucky. White is sooo much better than shades of gray.


I have multiple computers. One has a gray menu bar which has the grey clock, the other has a coloured menu bar and a white clock! I have no idea why they are different! The only hint I have, so far, is that the coloured menu bar is because it is transparent (it stays the color of the background).


The only way the alt-click works is on the gray background.

Dec 16, 2020 9:44 AM in response to Old Toad

Old Toad, that's a brilliant design stroke: adding a vertical line glyph and a few (3?) empty spaces before each bookmark name and folder. Very cool idea. I just did that to my well-organized bookmarks (a combo of single sites and folders) and it really adds some nice clarity. Thanks for posting this.


(the vertical line glyph is right below the right-side Delete button, for those who rarely use it!)

Removing clock from the Menu Bar in BigSur

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