Hide Desktop
Hide Desktop is a lightweight macOS utility that toggles the visibility of all desktop icons with a single action. It lets users quickly hide or show files, folders, and other icons scattered across the desktop without deleting them. The app is useful for people who want to maintain a clean, distraction-free desktop for presentations, screenshots, focus work, or simply reducing visual clutter. It complements the built-in Finder preferences (which also offer desktop icon hiding) by providing a faster, menu-bar-based toggle.
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1 suggestionWe could not find information confirming whether Hide Desktop has a native Apple Silicon build. The app appears to be a small utility from an independent developer, and recent updates or architecture details are not readily available in search results. If you rely on Hide Desktop regularly, we recommend contacting the developer directly to ask whether a native Apple Silicon version exists or is planned before macOS 28 ships in September 2028, since an Intel-only build will stop launching on that release. In the meantime, the good news is that macOS itself includes built-in desktop icon hiding at no cost: open Finder, go to Preferences → General, and toggle "Show items on desktop" off. Alternatively, a free one-click solution is One Switch (available on Setapp), which hides all desktop icons with a menu-bar toggle and runs natively on Apple Silicon. If you prefer a more comprehensive utility, Almighty (also native on Apple Silicon) offers customizable toggles for many Mac features including desktop icon visibility.
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