As the title already says, how can I disable the control center? It is distracting and doesn't really look any good. It remembers me of these medieval times of Windows, when we had that Teletubbie OS.
Thanks in advance!
Whether you are referring to the Notification Center or Control Center, they cannot be disabled. Just don't click on them.
Have you tried going into Apple menu -> System preferences -> Dock and menubar, and making sure none of the items have "show in Control Center" checked? I'm not sure if that would work, because I'm not at my Big Sur machine now, but that would be the first thing I would try.
I like a clean desktop. The less icons and whatever, the better. I just saw, that there is now a play icon too. Another distraction. I do not think that the integration of iOS features is a good idea, but everyone likes it different. At least the file system poling was fixed.
Thanks for your help!
I like it clean as well; but I usually just ignore the icons in the menu bar except for the date which I need to check occasionally or my keyboard battery status. And we were talking about the menu bar, right (?) because I've not seen a game icon (but then I don't use any). I wouldn't know the Launchpad behavior because I do not use it - ever.
Tried it. Did not work. Thank you!
I don't use it and don't quite understand what the distraction would be?
It is a small icon in the menu bar - as long as you do not open it, there is nothing except the small icon.
Notification Center can be put on Do Not Disturb, and individual items have no popup generated through notifications.
After testing the Control Center, it is pretty bullet proof. Unix hacks can't get rid of it with even concerted efforts short of really messing with the stability of the system. As I say, you can in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Dock and Menubar disable some items, but not the control center itself. Looks like if you really want it optional, http://www.apple.com/feedback will need to be prompted.
How to disable control center in big sur?
