What's new in ClearBar

Every update, newest first. ClearBar tells you when a new version is out, and Settings has a Check for Updates button.

0.6.2

  • What's New is now a button next to Check for Updates in Settings › About.
ClearBar Settings › About, with the What's New button next to Check for Updates

0.6.1

  • A What's New link in Settings › About opens these notes at your version.
  • After an update, ClearBar offers to show what's new, once.
The ClearBar release notes page

0.6.0

  • Show and hide your menu bar icons with a keyboard shortcut. Pick one in Settings with Record Shortcut.
  • Apps you just opened show up in the panel within a few seconds.

0.5.0

  • ClearBar speaks 7 languages: English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean. It follows your Mac's language.
  • Check for Updates button in Settings.

0.4.0

  • Every running Docker container in the panel, with its RAM and a Stop button. Works with Docker Desktop, OrbStack and Colima.
  • A ✕ in the search field clears it in one click.

0.3.9

  • Search field next to the Hidden header.

0.3.8

  • Right-clicking a tile for the first time keeps its menu open.

0.3.7

  • Cleaner popover with a solid backdrop under its arrow.

0.3.6

  • The panel has “In the menu bar” and “Hidden” rows. Drag an icon from one to the other to show or hide it.

0.3.5

  • Settings › About links to the website, support and the maker.

0.3.4

  • Keep an app visible in the menu bar: right-click it and choose Add to Whitelist.

0.3.3

  • License activation retries when a brand-new key isn't ready yet.

0.3.2

  • Signed and notarized by Apple, so ClearBar opens without a warning.
  • At login on macOS 26, ClearBar waits for menu bar icons to settle before hiding them.
  • The panel stays readable over light wallpapers.

0.3.1

  • Runs on macOS 26 Tahoe as well as macOS 27.

0.3.0

  • First public release: hide menu bar icons and keep every app in one panel, with its RAM and a one-click Quit.
  • A banner tells you when a new version is out.

Before

With ClearBar