Jun 05
How to remove the iSync (or MobileMe icon) from your Mac OS X menu bar:
- Temporarily remove icon – Hold CMD, then click and drag the icon off the bar.
- Permanently remove icon – Open iSync and deselect “Show status in menu bar”.
iSync Preferences Screenshot
9 Responses to “How to Remove the iSync (MobileMe) icon from Menu Bar”
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July 18th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Thanks, I'd been trying to get rid of that icon for longer than I'd care to admit!
July 25th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Right on, Andrew. Glad it helped.
September 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
OMG I've read like 100 posts and this is the first one to actually work! Te Amo!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am
For some reason the icon just won't leave me alone. Every few weeks I find it back on my menu bar. I've done both steps mentioned here. It's amazingly persistent. :/
January 30th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
I am using Snow Leopard, and I could not find the iSync icon in [System Preferences]. Perhaps they removed it in Snow Leopard. But you can launch iSync in the Applications folder, and turn off the {Show Status on Menu Bar} option in the iSync Preference. Hope this helps!
January 31st, 2010 at 2:41 am
Michael, I'd originally written this article under the context of Leopard. Thanks much for your feedback with regard to this functionality in Snow Leopard.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Permanently remove icon – Open iSync and deselect “Show status in menu bar”.
I'd like to remove that icon permanently, but in my Leopard's MobileMe PreferencePane there is no “Show status in menu bar.” Only sign-in boxes and "propaganda" for trying it free for 60 days. I tried looking in Applications for it, even though it said Snow Leopard (…) but there was neither iSync nor MobileMe there. The icon showed up in my menu bar for the first time this morning (I've only used this setup for 5 years…) – I didn't even recognize the symbol, which I first thought had something to do with Time Machine. That one keeps coming back even though I have Time Machine turned off. Is there another way to turn it/them off permanently?
March 11th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Never thought that iSync was the cause of that horrible, useless spot on my menu bar. Thanks so much for saving my screen space.
July 18th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
open isync. click isync on the menu bar. select "preferences" a window should pop up with the option to "show status in menu bar" deselect that option.
the same should work for time machine. open program and click "set up time machine". this should bring you to a screen with the option to "show status in menu bar", once again just deselect. lock changes& quit application.