newmarcel · pandadoy · Nov 5, 2025
diff --git a/...Settings/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController/Base.lproj/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController.xib b/...Settings/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController/Base.lproj/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController.xib
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <objects>
         <customObject id="-2" userLabel="File's Owner" customClass="KYAGeneralSettingsViewController">
             <connections>
+                <outlet property="hideMenuBarIconCheckBoxButton" destination="hide-icon-btn" id="hide-icon-outlet"/>
                 <outlet property="notificationSettingsButton" destination="OlQ-t6-SFN" id="aV4-Uq-iP7"/>
                 <outlet property="startAtLoginCheckBoxButton" destination="b2B-0v-BKX" id="XmM-6C-DT2"/>
                 <outlet property="view" destination="nJr-ua-jG7" id="MTl-QF-Qea"/>
@@ -32,6 +33,26 @@
                                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                     </buttonCell>
                                 </button>
+                                <button translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="hide-icon-btn">
+                                    <rect key="frame" x="-2" y="21" width="120" height="18"/>
+                                    <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Hide Menu Bar Icon" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="off" inset="2" id="hide-icon-cell">
+                                        <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
+                                        <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                                        <string key="keyEquivalent">h</string>
+                                        <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask" command="YES"/>
+                                    </buttonCell>
+                                    <connections>
+                                        <binding destination="CIJ-dN-fzc" name="value" keyPath="values.info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.MenuBarIconHidden" id="hide-icon-binding"/>
+                                    </connections>
+                                </button>
+                                <textField focusRingType="none" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" allowsCharacterPickerTouchBarItem="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="hide-icon-help">
+                                    <rect key="frame" x="-2" y="0.0" width="289" height="14"/>
+                                    <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Hides the app's icon from the menu bar." id="hide-icon-help-cell">
+                                        <font key="font" metaFont="message" size="11"/>
+                                        <color key="textColor" name="secondaryLabelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                        <color key="backgroundColor" name="controlColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                    </textFieldCell>
+                                </textField>
                                 <textField focusRingType="none" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" allowsCharacterPickerTouchBarItem="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="fqh-NM-7oy">
                                     <rect key="frame" x="-2" y="0.0" width="289" height="14"/>
                                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Automatically opens the app when you start your Mac." id="jxf-J8-dHN">

diff --git a/KeepingYouAwake/Settings/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController.m b/KeepingYouAwake/Settings/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController/KYAGeneralSettingsViewController.m
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 @interface KYAGeneralSettingsViewController ()
 @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSButton *startAtLoginCheckBoxButton;
 @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSButton *notificationSettingsButton;
+@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSButton *hideMenuBarIconCheckBoxButton;
+@property (weak, nonatomic) KYAStatusItemController *statusItemController;
 @end
 
 @implementation KYAGeneralSettingsViewController
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ + (NSString *)preferredTitle
 - (void)viewDidLoad
 {
     [super viewDidLoad];
-    
+
     // Bind the start at login checkbox value to NSApplication
     [self.startAtLoginCheckBoxButton bind:@"value"
                                  toObject:NSApplication.sharedApplication
@@ -49,16 +51,45 @@ - (void)viewDidLoad
                                       NSConditionallySetsEnabledBindingOption: @YES
                                   }
      ];
-
+
+    // Set initial state from user defaults
+    self.hideMenuBarIconCheckBoxButton.state = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults].kya_isMenuBarIconHidden;
+
+    // Observe changes to update status item visibility
+    [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter addObserver:self
+                                         selector:@selector(userDefaultsDidChange:)
+                                             name:NSUserDefaultsDidChangeNotification
+                                           object:NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults];
+
     if(@available(macOS 11.0, *)) {} else
     {
         self.notificationSettingsButton.hidden = YES;
     }
+
+    // Get reference to app controller for status item access
+    NSApplication *app = NSApplication.sharedApplication;
+    id<NSApplicationDelegate> delegate = app.delegate;
+    if([delegate isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"KYAAppDelegate")])
+    {
+        id appController = [delegate valueForKey:@"appController"];
+        if([appController isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"KYAAppController")])
+        {
+            self.statusItemController = [appController valueForKey:@"statusItemController"];
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
     [self.startAtLoginCheckBoxButton unbind:@"value"];
+    [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter removeObserver:self];
+}
+
+- (void)userDefaultsDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification
+{
+    BOOL isHidden = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults].kya_isMenuBarIconHidden;
+    self.statusItemController.systemStatusItem.visible = !isHidden;
+}
 }
 
 - (void)openNotificationSettings:(id)sender

diff --git a/Packages/KYAApplicationSupport/Sources/KYAApplicationSupport/NSUserDefaults+KYAKeys.m b/Packages/KYAApplicationSupport/Sources/KYAApplicationSupport/NSUserDefaults+KYAKeys.m
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ @implementation NSUserDefaults (KYAKeys)
 
 #pragma mark - Battery Capacity Threshold
 
+KYA_GENERATE_BOOL_PROPERTY(isMenuBarIconHidden,
+                           menuBarIconHidden,
+                           MenuBarIconHidden);
+
 NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyBatteryCapacityThreshold = @"info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.BatteryCapacityThreshold";
 
 - (CGFloat)kya_batteryCapacityThreshold

diff --git a/...port/Sources/KYAApplicationSupport/include/KYAApplicationSupport/NSUserDefaults+KYAKeys.h b/...port/Sources/KYAApplicationSupport/include/KYAApplicationSupport/NSUserDefaults+KYAKeys.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyBatteryCapacityThresholdEnabled;
 KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyBatteryCapacityThreshold;
 KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyLowPowerModeMonitoringEnabled;
 KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyPreReleaseUpdatesEnabled;
+KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyMenuBarIconHidden;
 
 @interface NSUserDefaults (KYAKeys)
 
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ KYA_EXPORT NSString * const KYAUserDefaultsKeyPreReleaseUpdatesEnabled;
 /// Returns YES if the app should deactivate when the user account is switched.
 @property (nonatomic, getter=kya_isDeactivateOnUserSwitchEnabled) BOOL kya_deactivateOnUserSwitchEnabled;
 
+/// Returns YES if the menu bar icon should be hidden.
+@property (nonatomic, getter=kya_isMenuBarIconHidden) BOOL kya_menuBarIconHidden;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/Packages/KYAStatusItemUI/Sources/KYAStatusItemUI/KYAStatusItemController.m b/Packages/KYAStatusItemUI/Sources/KYAStatusItemUI/KYAStatusItemController.m
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ - (void)configureStatusItem
 {
     Auto statusItem = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength];
     statusItem.highlightMode = ![NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults].kya_menuBarIconHighlightDisabled;
+    statusItem.visible = ![NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults].kya_menuBarIconHidden;
     if([statusItem respondsToSelector:@selector(behavior)])
     {
         statusItem.behavior = NSStatusItemBehaviorTerminationOnRemoval;
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ - (void)configureStatusItem
     {
         statusItem.visible = YES;
     }
-    
+
     Auto button = statusItem.button;
-    
+
     [button sendActionOn:NSEventMaskLeftMouseUp|NSEventMaskRightMouseUp];
     button.target = self;
     button.action = @selector(toggleStatus:);
-    
+
 #if DEBUG
     if(@available(macOS 10.14, *))
     {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ - (void)configureStatusItem
     Auto log = KYALogCreateWithCategory("StatusItemUI");
     os_log_debug(log, "Blue status bar item color is enabled for DEBUG builds.");
 #endif
-    
+
     self.systemStatusItem = statusItem;
     self.appearance = KYAStatusItemAppearanceInactive;
 }
@@ -65,15 +66,15 @@ - (void)toggleStatus:(id)sender
 {
     Auto delegate = self.delegate;
     Auto event = NSApplication.sharedApplication.currentEvent;
-    
+
     if((event.modifierFlags & NSEventModifierFlagControl)   // ctrl click
        || (event.modifierFlags & NSEventModifierFlagOption) // alt click
        || (event.type == NSEventTypeRightMouseUp))          // right click
     {
         [self showMenuFromDataSource];
         return;
     }
-    
+
     if([delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(statusItemControllerShouldPerformPrimaryAction:)])
     {
         [delegate statusItemControllerShouldPerformPrimaryAction:self];
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ - (KYAStatusItemAppearance)appearance
 - (void)setAppearance:(KYAStatusItemAppearance)appearance
 {
     [self willChangeValueForKey:@"appearance"];
-    
+
     Auto button = self.systemStatusItem.button;
     Auto imageProvider = KYAStatusItemImageProvider.currentProvider;
-    
+
     if(appearance == KYAStatusItemAppearanceActive)
     {
         button.image = imageProvider.activeIconImage;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ - (void)setAppearance:(KYAStatusItemAppearance)appearance
         button.image = imageProvider.inactiveIconImage;
         button.toolTip = KYA_L10N_CLICK_TO_PREVENT_SLEEP;
     }
-    
+
     [self didChangeValueForKey:@"appearance"];
 }