Remove Box icon from Menu Bar on Macbook
AnsweredHow 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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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.
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Regards,
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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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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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