{"id":66141,"date":"2020-09-30T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=66141"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:18:29","slug":"hide-system-preference-panes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/66141-hide-system-preference-panes\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: How to Hide System Preference Panes in macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes you may need to hide the Systems Preferences in macOS to prevent unwanted changes (I\u2019m looking at you, wife \u2018o mine!). Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Go to the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Screenshot
You can customize which system preferences to show<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2) Under the View Menu, click Customize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Checkmarks will appear on all the System Preferences items\/panes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Screenshot
Checkboxes indicate which items are shown or hidden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

4) Deselect a pane and click Done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you later decide, you want to \u201cun-hide\u2019\u201d a pane, just reverse the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These instructions apply, for the most part, to other versions of macOS besides Catalina. However, I\u2019m using Catalina on a 16-inch MacBook Pro for this tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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