Hi, you guys, I am lazy in remembering a bulk of shortcuts or bookmarking them for quick access the moment I need, so I wanna if it is possible to have an assistant that allows me to hide or unhide files on my Mac screen with one click, that’s super fast and convenient. Since technology always aims to help people, I wonder whether it is possible to have such a mouse click enhancer to help me with this issue. Greatly appreciated for you guys’ recommendations!
You are so lucky since there definitely is a right-click enhancer, iBoysoft MagicMenu, which enables you to hide any icons on a Mac desktop within a few clicks, which just works as a shortcut for Mac hiding desktop icons yet pressing key short combination is not needed.
Also, iBoysoft MagicMenu guides you on how to hide files and folders on Mac with simple operations. Designed with an intuitive user interface, you will find it’s quite easy to hide desktop icons on macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, and macOS Sequoia.
Here are how to hide icons on a Mac desktop by applying iBoysoft MagicMenu:
- Free download and install iBoysoft MagicMenu on your device.
- Right-click the blank space on your desktop.
- Select the Common option in the dropdown menu, and choose the Hide All Items option.
If you want to unhide all items or files from the desktop, right-click on the blank space on your desktop, select Common, and select Unhide All items.
iBoysoft MagicMenu can also hide a single or selected icon from the Mac desktop: Open the folder or disk that contains the item that you want to hide > locate the item > right-click it > and then select the Hide Selected Items in the pulldown menu of Common.
If you want to know what icons are hidden, you can check them by selecting the List Hidden Files in the Common dropdown menu.
You can hide icons on the Mac desktop with terminal, if you’re curious or mastered in executing command lines:
Apply Spotlight Search to launch the Terminal application on Mac.
Type or copy the following command line, paste it into the Terminal app, and hit Enter.
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
Type the command line in your Terminal window, and then hit the Enter key.
killall Finder
Then the files and apps on your desktop will be hidden.
After running the command lines above, the only thing left on your desktop is the lower toolbar, where you can launch apps and files. After temporary use, you can put files and apps back on your screen by executing the following command line on your Mac:
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true; killall Finder
If you want to hide a single icon on a Mac desktop with Terminal, you can try the steps provided to hide a specific icon on a Mac desktop:
Launch the Terminal application via the Home Folder on Mac.
Type or copy the following command line and paste it into the Terminal app:
chflags hidden
Enter a space, and then drag the item that you want to hide to the Terminal window.
Hit the Enter key to confirm your actions on hiding icons on the Mac desktop.
If you want to unhide a single item, follow the steps:
Run Terminal via Launchpad or Spotlight Search.
Type the command line in the Terminal window:
chflags nohidden
Enter a space by hitting the Space key, and then paste the file path.
Press down the Enter key, and then the item will show on your desktop.