How to remove items from the menu bar in high sierra?!

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  1. shankar2, Apr 17, 2018

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    So I have programs that launch upon reboot automatically. However I want some of the items that hence appear in the menu bar in high sierra removed!

    I tried pressing the command button and dragging the icon away from the menu bar but it keeps bouncing back to the menu bar!

    How do I remove any item from the menu bar once and for all? Thanks!
     
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  2. MC6800, Apr 17, 2018

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    In general the control for the presence of a menu extra is in that feature's preferences, which you can usually get to from that menu. For example the Wi-Fi menu has "Open Network Preferences..." where you'll find the "Show Wi-Fi status in menu bar" checkbox. The Command-drag just lets you reorder them.
     
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  3. shankar2, Apr 17, 2018

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    Some 3rd party apps that start upon login place themselves into the menu bar and their preferences don't have any section of placement in menu bar. :-(
     
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  4. TheSkywalker77, Apr 18, 2018

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    Hold the Command key and you're able to drag any of the Menu Bar icons. You can also drag them out of the Menu Bar to remove them.
     
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  5. fisherking, Apr 18, 2018

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    consider checking out https://www.macbartender.com

    i love this app (i have it on both of my macs); gives me control over the icons in the menubar; i keep most hidden (except, of course, what i want to see). app has some good options, too...
     
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  6. donawalt, Apr 18, 2018
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    When I do this under 10.13.4 they just snap back in place when I drag them off the menu bar with Command key pressed. Unless this is app specific and it works for some I did not try...
     
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  7. TheSkywalker77, Apr 18, 2018

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    Odd. It was working fine for me on 10.13.4 and 10.13.5.
     
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