Bartender 6

Raising the bar.
Again.

Bartender is an award-winning app for macOS that for more than 10 years has superpowered your menu bar, giving you total control over your menu bar items, what's displayed, and when, with menu bar items only showing when you need them. Bartender improves your workflow with quick reveal, search, custom hotkeys and triggers, and lots more.

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4-week unlimited trial - upgrade discount available

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New for Bartender 6

Built for Tahoe. Liquid Glass and all.

Redesigned ground-up for macOS Tahoe. Smoother, faster, more responsive, every time you touch the menu bar.

Bartender 6 menu bar styling
Bartender 6

Everything in your menu bar.

A complete toolkit: faster access, deeper control, flexible automation, and the small details that keep your Mac tidy.

Speed

Reveal hidden menu bar items instantly: swipe, scroll, click, or hover.

Full access

Reach the items hidden by the MacBook notch. Bartender makes room when space gets tight.

Bartender Bar

Stash hidden items in a dedicated bar beneath the menu bar when you need more room.

Styling

Tints, gradients, borders, shadows, rounded bars, and per-space styles. Make it yours.

Groups

Combine related items into one customisable item, with quick access to everything inside.

Presets

Setups for work, home, screen sharing, recording: switch the whole bar in one move.

Triggers

Apply presets automatically based on battery, Wi-Fi, location, time, date, and more.

Search

Quick Search finds, shows, and activates any menu bar item from the keyboard.

Widgets

Build custom menu bar items that trigger any action you want, no code required.

Up close

A closer look.

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Speed

Lightning-fast access to your menu bar items is now even better. Get instant access to your hidden menu bar items simply by swiping or scrolling in the menu bar, clicking on the menu bar, or if you prefer, simply hovering.
Speed
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Full access

Access the menu bar items otherwise hidden by the notch on MacBook Air and Pro screens. Bartender will automatically hide your currently shown menu bar items when needed to create room to show the items hidden by the notch, giving you access to all your menu bar items.
Full access
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Bartender Bar

Access your hidden menu bar items in the Bartender Bar beneath the menu bar. Great if you need more room for all your menu bar apps.
* the macOS screen capture menu bar item can show when using this. more info
Bartender Bar
Bartender menu bar styling examples
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Styling

Make your menu bar your own with color or gradient tints, rounded or pill shaped menu bars, custom borders, shadows, and rounded display corners.

Styles are applied to individual menu bars, so you can create different styles and quickly recognise your current space.
Styling
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Groups

Combine multiple menu bar items into one customisable menu bar item, and have quick access to all the menu bar items within. Group cloud drive apps, connection items such as Wi-Fi and VPN, or media controls to save menu bar space on smaller screens.
Groups
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Presets

Create as many presets as you want and always have the right menu bar items available for your current workflow. Show the macOS default menu bar items when recording or screen sharing, show work items during work hours, then switch to home setups later.
Presets
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Triggers

With the Trigger system you can apply a preset automatically, or show a set of menu bar items whenever your trigger conditions are met. Conditions include battery, Wi-Fi, location, time, date, and more.
Triggers
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Spacing

Reduce the space between menu bar items using Bartender, allowing you to have more menu items onscreen before reaching the MacBook notch. Or just use it purely for style.
Spacing
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Search

Quick Search will change the way you use your menu bar apps. Instantly find, show, and activate menu bar items, all from your keyboard.
* the macOS screen capture menu bar item can show when using this. more info
Search
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Tahoe, Sequoia and Sonoma

Bartender 6 is designed for all the great changes in macOS Tahoe, Sequoia and Sonoma. Bartender 6 runs native and lightning-fast on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Tahoe, Sequoia and Sonoma
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Try our widgets Beta!

Create your own menu bar items with Bartender widgets. You can create custom menu bar items that trigger pretty much any action you want, no coding required.
Try our widgets Beta!
Pricing

Pick your Bartender.

Start with Bartender 6, upgrade to Pro, or get lifetime access.

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Bartender 6

The same powerful menu bar management you know and love. One purchase, includes all updates to this version.

  • Menu bar management
  • Bartender Bar
  • Triggers & widgets
  • All Bartender 6 updates
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Bartender Pro

Everything in Bartender 6, plus the Pro suite. Includes all future major upgrades & features.

  • Everything in Bartender 6
  • Top Shelf
  • Future Pro tools included
  • All future version upgrades
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Mega Supporter

The same lifetime access it always offered - now includes Bartender Pro.

  • Everything in Bartender Pro
  • Lifetime access
  • All future upgrades forever
  • Support development

Already got Bartender 5? you can upgrade for free to Bartender 6 if you bought in 2025, or at a discount if you bought it earlier

Your menu bar, perfected.
Now, with extra polish.

Bartender 6 is available now. Try free for four weeks, no card required.

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FAQ

Frequently asked.

Bartender 6 is built for macOS Tahoe and Sequoia. If you need to stay on an older macOS version, your Bartender 6 license will also work with Bartender 5.