Remove the Notification Center icon from the Menu Bar

Question

I would like to remove the Notification Center icon like I could in Yosemite.

I'd like to not see it in the menu bar (to the right of the spotlight icon).

How did you do it in Yosemite? What happens when you try that method now? It might be helpful if you post some screen shots and elaborate more. — Caleb Kleveter, Oct 23 '15 at 15:19
Seems pretty obvious the OP wants to modify the icons in their Mac menu bar, no? @CalebKleveter — bmike, Oct 23 '15 at 17:09
@bmike, it wasn't obvious until I read your comment. Thanks for the explanation. — Caleb Kleveter, Oct 23 '15 at 17:18
In yosemite the command: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist removed the icon. In El Capitan the above command simply disables the icon from working but leave it in the menu. @CalebKleveter — jen nemo, Oct 24 '15 at 19:33

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 26 '15 at 09:03

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So you can easily disable it with

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist; killall NotificationCenter

You can remove the icon with

sudo rm /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/menuitemNormal.pdf

but the blank space will remain. There is an app called Bartender I've seen a few people promoting to fix this issue.

edited Oct 26 '15 at 09:03

klanomath

answered Oct 26 '15 at 06:46

walshie4

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Bartender cannot remove the Notification Center, it just tells you to do the same thing as what @mulquin suggested. – Samuel Lindblom Nov 13 '17 at 10:06
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Is it possible to remove that blank space yet? – minseong Nov 23 '17 at 15:43

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 12:31

To follow on @walshie4's answer above: The second command will not execute with El Capitan due to System Integrity Protection.

You must first boot into recovery mode, start a terminal and execute the following:

csrutil disable; reboot

Also note that after deleting the menuItemNormal.pdf file, the area is still a blank clickable space.

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