QUICK TIP: How to Hide System Preference Panes in macOS

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.

2) Under the View Menu, click Customize.

3) Checkmarks will appear on all the System Preferences items/panes. 

4) Deselect a pane and click Done.

If you later decide, you want to “un-hide’” a pane, just reverse the process.

These instructions apply, for the most part, to other versions of macOS besides Catalina. However, I’m using Catalina on a 16-inch MacBook Pro for this tutorial.

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