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How do I hide the keyboard viewer in macOS Mojave?

I turned on the Keyboard Viewer in my Mac Mini 2014 w/Mojave and I can't get it to go away. How do I get rid of it?

This is what showed up when I clicked the "Show Keyboard Viewer". Clicking the red dot at the top-left corner hides it, but when I hit anything on the keyboard, it reappears.

This window is being controlled by a Screen Share from another Mac Mini. When I switch to it in the monitor and use a mouse to close it, then return to the shared host, it comes right back when I hit a key.

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Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 22, 2024 2:55 PM

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May 22, 2024 3:21 PM in response to thetoolwiz2

Hmm... strange that Show has not turned into Hide.

What happens when you click the close button on the keyboard viewer?

Also maybe try selecting Hide Keyboard Viewer on the other Mac mini's desktop menu bar.

If that doesn't help, startup both Mac mini's in Safe Mode followed by normal Restarts.

To do Safe Mode > Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

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May 22, 2024 4:12 PM in response to thetoolwiz2

Open Activity Monitor in Utilities, View>All Processes, sort on Name, see if Keyboard Viewer is running, if so force quit it.

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thetoolwiz2 Author

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May 22, 2024 3:48 PM in response to den.thed

Is that menu item supposed to say "Close" if it's open?

I mentioned above that if I click the close button at the top-left, it does close, but when I hit any key on the keyboard it comes back.

I've tried this directly on the other machine, and it's the same on the host I'm viewing the screen share from.

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May 22, 2024 5:18 PM in response to BDAqua

Didn't think of that. It worked. But it shouldn't have required that.

Thanks.

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May 22, 2024 7:57 PM in response to thetoolwiz2

Correct it shouldn't've.

Can you open & close it now?

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