Open the menu bar icons your notch is hiding.
On a MacBook with a notch, menu bar icons that don't fit slide behind it, and macOS gives you no way to reach them. You might not even know those apps are running. Notch Icons puts one small icon just right of the notch. Click it to see every hidden icon, then click one to open that app's menu.
For MacBooks with a notch, on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The trial needs no card and no account.
Why the icons disappear
macOS lines up menu bar icons from the right edge of the screen, working left. On a MacBook with a notch, that line runs into the notch after a handful of icons. Anything past that point sits behind the notch, where you can't see it or click it.
There's no arrow, no list and no setting that shows them. The apps keep running, so a VPN or a clipboard tool can sit up there for weeks without you knowing it's open.
The app in front matters too. When its menus take up more of the left side, even more icons get hidden.
What happens when you click
- Click the icon just right of the notch. It's a small notch with three dots under it , the things the notch is covering.
- A black panel opens out of the notch. It lists each hidden icon with its app's name and icon. Apple's own icons are named for what they are, like Bluetooth or Sound.
- Click one. The panel closes and Notch Icons clicks that icon for you, so its menu opens as if you'd reached it yourself.
- If an app won't open its menu, the panel comes back, says which one, and tells you how to make room: turn off an icon you don't need in System Settings > Menu Bar.
Its own icon stays where you can click it
The first time it runs, Notch Icons looks for the leftmost spot where its icon still shows, right beside the notch. If something to its right grows, say a clock or a usage timer, and pushes it behind the notch, it finds a new spot by itself. If you've moved it yourself with Command-drag (a macOS shortcut) to a place where you can see it, it leaves it there. There's no Dock icon and no window, only that one icon.
It does one job
Bartender and Ice reorganise your whole menu bar. Notch Icons does one thing: it shows you what the notch is covering and opens it.
What it does
- Lists every icon hidden behind the notch, with the app's name
- Opens the one you click
- Keeps its own icon visible beside the notch
- Tells you how many hidden icons it can't open, when an app doesn't allow it
What it doesn't do
- Let you choose which icons are hidden
- Move, reorder or drag any other app's icon
- Look at your screen. It never asks for Screen Recording.
Who shouldn't buy it
Anyone whose Mac has no notch. Notch Icons only works on the built-in screen of a MacBook with a notch. On an M1 MacBook Air, a 13-inch MacBook Pro, an iMac, a Mac mini or an external display, there's nothing for it to find.
Anyone who wants to pick which icons show and which hide, or put them in a different order. Notch Icons can't do that. Bartender and Ice can.
And if all your icons already fit, you don't need it yet. The trial will tell you: click the icon and it says "Nothing is hidden. All your menu bar icons fit on screen right now."
It asks for one permission
Notch Icons needs Accessibility permission. It uses it to see which app owns each hidden icon, and to click that icon for you.
The first time you open it, the panel explains this and has a button, Open Accessibility settings, that takes you to the right page in System Settings. Turn on the switch next to Notch Icons and the panel fills in by itself. That's the whole setup.
It doesn't ask for Screen Recording, because it never looks at what's on your screen.
Pay once. Or get all 4 apps for US$10 more.
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Notch Icons on its own
Just this app, on one Mac.
- One licence for one Mac, and you can move it
- All updates for 1 year, then keep what you have
- 14-day free trial with everything on, no card
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Questions
Why does it need Accessibility permission?
To find out which app owns each hidden icon, and to click the one you pick so its menu opens. Until you turn it on, the panel only shows a button that opens the right page in System Settings.
Why doesn't it need Screen Recording?
Because it never looks at what's on your screen. The list of windows that macOS keeps says where each menu bar icon is and whether it's showing, and each app's Accessibility information gives its name. That's also why the panel shows each app's own icon (or a matching symbol for Apple's icons) rather than a copy of its menu bar picture.
Does it work on macOS 26?
Yes. It was built on macOS 26 Tahoe, which changed how menu bar icons are reported (they all belong to Control Center now), so Notch Icons matches each icon to its app by where it sits. It needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Which Macs have a notch?
The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro from late 2021 on, and the MacBook Air from the M2 model (2022) on, 15-inch included. The M1 MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio and external displays have no notch, so Notch Icons has nothing to do on them.
Can it open every hidden icon?
Only the ones whose app shares its menu bar icon through Accessibility. When an app doesn't, Notch Icons can't name or open that icon, so the panel tells you how many there are and suggests making room: turn off an icon you don't need in System Settings > Menu Bar.
Can I choose which icons are hidden, or rearrange them?
No. Notch Icons doesn't hide, move or reorder icons, and there's no drag and drop. I tried: on macOS 26 a hidden icon slides straight back into the room it leaves, and moving another app's icon means faking mouse drags, which shuffled other icons around in testing. If you want that kind of control, Bartender and Ice are built for it.
How many Macs can I use it on?
One licence is for one Mac, and you can move it to a new Mac. The all-4-apps key also covers one Mac.
How does the free trial work?
Download it and use everything for 14 days. No card, no account. To keep using it after that, buy a licence. If you buy and change your mind, email support@manymin.app within 30 days and you get your money back.
Does it open when I log in?
Only if you want it to. Tick Open when I log in at the bottom of its panel.
What happens after the year of updates?
You keep the version you have, and it keeps working. Your licence includes all updates for 1 year.