Hide the Menu Bar/Taskbar

We want to remove as many distractions as possible when presenting, and one of the often-missed area of clutter is the menu bar on a Mac (taskbar on a Windows). It’s a small thing, but can add additional distraction onto the screen that can be avoided.

Hide the Menu Bar on a Mac

You can hide the menu bar on your Apple computer by going to System Settings > General > Checking “Automatically hide and show the menu bar.

MacOS Big Sur

Go to System Settings > Dock & Menu Bar > Checking “Automatically hide and show the menu bar.

Hide the Taskbar on Windows 10

You can hide the taskbar on your Windows computer by right clicking on the taskbar > Taskbar Settings > Checking “Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode.