Sometimes you may need to hide the Systems Preferences in macOS to prevent unwanted changes (I’m looking at you, wife ‘o mine!). Here’s how:
1) Go to the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences.
![Screenshot of System preferences View menu](https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HidePrefPanes1.jpg)
2) Under the View Menu, click Customize.
3) Checkmarks will appear on all the System Preferences items/panes.
![Screenshot of system preferences pain with hide and show checkboxes](https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HidePrefPanes2.jpg)
4) Deselect a pane and click Done.
If you later decide, you want to “un-hide’” a pane, just reverse the process.
Does your wife read your articles? If so, you just gave away your secret. ;-)