How to hide location services in menu bar.

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How to hide location services in menu bar.

After upgrading to 10.12.4 today, the location services icon appeared in my menu bar and cannot be removed by using command+drag off screen.

This screen is the only place I've found that may control the setting but it's disabled by default. https://i.stack.imgur.com/FbCkQ.png

It's not a huge deal and may disappear after 24 hours or a restart but I'm curious if anybody else experienced this or has ideas.

Thanks! 🙂

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.3)

Posted on Mar 31, 2017 12:45 AM

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Answer 1

SiHancox

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Mar 31, 2017 1:12 AM in response to tuusday

Could not see the image you've posted so not sure if its the same, but this is location of controlling the icon - might be worth playing around with the "Show location icon.." tick box to see if you can get things working again.

FWIW I have Location Services enabled and even after latest update the icon appears in the menu for a few seconds then disappears, which I believe is normal - if yours is staying in the menu it might point to the service being in constant use for some reason, not sure why though.

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Answer 2

Mar 31, 2017 12:54 AM in response to tuusday

Hi,

you have to go in "system preferences"->"security and privacy"->"privacy"->"system services".

You can only hide the location icon for the system services and not for every application.

I hope that it's useful.

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Answer 3

SiHancox

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Mar 31, 2017 1:19 AM in response to tuusday

Glad you have resolved, as Davide6868 pointed out, when in use it will show until that process stops, unless the box is unticked regarding the menu bar - or at least that's how I believe it should work.

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