Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma

A feature has been added to macOS Sonoma - the onscreen caps lock indicator.

While i am sure this may be useful for some, for me it is not, is there any way to disable it?



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Posted on Sep 27, 2023 5:14 AM

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Posted on Apr 24, 2024 10:02 PM

OK maryo10 and others asking, here goes. There is nothing magic about using Terminal for Apple if you follow the steps verbatim and copy and paste the Command exactly as printed from a trusted source


First you have to be logged on your computer as the Administrator. In other words you need to be logged on and able to make changes by entering your username/admin password.


Here is how to access the Terminal app


Go to Applications/Utilities/Terminal App. Open The Terminal App


Once open Click Return/Enter (you should see your computer name and your user name) Now you are ready to enter the command



Copy and Paste (do not try to write it) the command that yochess posted. Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sono… - Apple Community The post is the third post I believe.

I will reprint it here but all credit goes to yochees This command has worked perfectly for me. MacBookPro running Sonoma


Make sure you copy and paste exactly as written. No spaces and no deletions.


With Terminal app open and your username showing copy the first line of the command and paste to the Terminal app.

Click Return/Enter and it will ask for your admin password. Enter password and click Return/Enter



First line of command


sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain



Now copy the last two lines of the command and paste to the Terminal app.

Click Return/Enter.


Last two lines of command


sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist



Now restart your computer. All done.


Hope this helps.



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Jan 23, 2024 11:22 PM in response to Charles_CJ

Charles_CJ wrote:

APPLE PLEASE REMOVE THIS ANNOYING FEATURE AS THIS DOES NOT HELP WHEN THERE IS ALREADY A LIGHT ON THE KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!

APPLE DOES NOT READ HERE IN THIS USER-TO-USER FORUM FOR FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS. Yelling at the people who do participate here, who can do nothing to make this change, is kind of rude.


You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:


Product Feedback - Apple


Sep 29, 2023 8:10 AM in response to richardm04

Why is this new "feature" on by default...Wow it is annoying for someone who works in CAD all day long. I do everything in CAPS. Hopefully this thing will be able to be turned off.


I also hope we can make the live wallpapers work for the desktop background. They are really beautiful but only when you are in screensaver. Make it disabled if you an app full screen or 95% covering it if you don't hide the dock.

Oct 4, 2023 9:24 PM in response to richardm04

I am unable to find a way to turn it off either and its super annoying. but what i have found is if i click the caps sign on screen it turns the caps off and you press the caps button again that sign seems to disappear. try this till the time they actually find a solution to provide us with the rights whether to use this feature or not.

Nov 22, 2023 1:57 PM in response to richardm04

I just discovered that there is a way to stop the blue arrow from appearing, but this requires super speed and would only work depending how fast you are.


  1. Turn on CAPS
  2. Instantly type your CAPS letter(s)
  3. Instantly turn off CAPS


Or alternatively, depending how many CAPS you are to type, a less speedy approach would be to type them in lowercase first, then highlight them, then go to Format>Text>UPPERCASE.

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