Hide macOS Tahoe’s Menu Icons With This One Simple Trick

https://512pixels.net/2026/03/hide-macos-tahoes-menu-icons-with-this-one-simple-trick/

Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons With This One Simple Trick - 512 Pixels

I really dislike Apple’s choice to clutter macOS Tahoe’s menus with icons. It makes menus hard to scan, and a bunch of the icons Apple has chosen make no sense and are inconsistent between system applications. Steve Troughton-Smith is my hero for finding a Terminal command to disable them: Here’s one for the icons-in-menus haters […]

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@512pixels From the 2001 HIG:

"Don’t use other, arbitrary symbols in menus because they add visual clutter and may confuse people."

@Eggfreckles Look at those pinstripes!
@macshome @Eggfreckles Same rule is found in the 1992 HIG, as well, and devoid of any pinstripes. Just plain System 7 clarity and delight. 😉
@Eggfreckles @512pixels Looks like it’s time to relearn this…