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Remove Box icon from Menu Bar on Macbook

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Jerod Estapa

How do I remove the Box icon from my Macbook's menu bar?

I never use it, and it's taking up valuable real estate that I need for other apps.

The only way I've found so far is to quit Box. If that's the only option Box provides, that's terrible UX.

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  • France

    Hi Jerod, 

    Welcome to the Box Community, I'm happy to help!

    I'm afraid the only way to remove the Box icon from your Macbook's menu bar is to quit the application which will then stop Box Drive from running on your Mac.

    If you have any product feature request or suggestions, we recommend you post your idea on pulse.box.com for more visibility. Our product team reviews all submissions and will consider whether to include feedback in their product roadmap. 

    Thanks for reaching out and let us know if you have other questions!

    Regards, 

     

     

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  • Ravindra Angadi

    I too exactly have the same issue. Even if you exit the box, once you login it again comes back. It is real annoying! There should be an option to selectively visible/hide the icon on the menu bar.

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  • Piotr Pac Pomarnacki

    I would love to have that option ...

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  • Ryan Cmich

    Same! It serves little utility being there. Give us the option to remove it! 

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  • B KennedyBalint
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    Please add the option to remove this silly icon. I hate this new trend for every app to colonize the menu bar. All I want to see on that part of the screen is the time, my wifi status, and laptop battery status, NOTHING ELSE.

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  • David Moseley

    Would like to remove it thank you!

    Or rebrand, your logo isn't very good.

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  • monica hawkins

    Hello,

    To remove the Box icon from your MacBook's menu bar, the primary method is to quit the Box application itself. Click on the Box icon in the menu bar and choose "Quit Box" from the dropdown menu. Alternatively you can prevent Box from HPInstantInk launching automatically by adjusting your login items in System Preferences under Users & Groups. If you rarely use Box, you can uninstall it by dragging the application from the Applications folder to the Trash and then emptying the Trash.

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  • Christopher Galtenberg
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    lol ok yeah, quitting the app is certainly one way, and that was said at the very top, but that's not what we're asking for

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  • Thomas Deniau

    Same here. Please add a simple checkbox to your app to make it hide its menu bar icon.

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  • Shareef Yousef

    Does no one at Box use a Mac!? Otherwise they'd know how limited the space of the menu bar is on the MacBooks (especially those with the notch). Ridiculous that this has been like this for over a year. Worst customer experience team!

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  • Edmund Francis Palermo

    For me it's even worse. Not only the pointless and annoying icon, but someone tried to share files with me and they got an upload error. It's impossible to make it stop constantly notifying me of the errors. A dropdown box appears listing all error files, cannot be dismissed, and no window can go in front of it. Absolutely awful UX all around. 

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