Hide the clutter. One hotkey. Restore in a blink.
Hide the windows, taskbar buttons and tray icons you don't want on screen — all with one keystroke — then bring them back exactly where they were. Great for focus, screen-sharing and presentations. Optionally pause or mute what you hide, so a background app stops eating CPU or making noise.
Free for up to 3 apps. No account. No telemetry.
See it for real
The actual interface — not a mockup
Pick the apps to manage, give them hotkeys, and hide them — window, taskbar button and tray icon — with one keystroke.
Features
One tool to hide windows and tray icons cleanly
Most "window hiders" leave a tray icon or a taskbar button behind. gohide removes every trace you choose — and restores it cleanly — even on the latest Windows 11, where other tools quietly give up.
Hide windows & taskbar entry
Remove an app's windows and its taskbar button in one move. Nothing flashes on screen; nothing lingers in Alt-Tab.
Hide system-tray icons
The part most tools get wrong. gohide hides apps' tray icons too — not just their windows — and keeps them hidden until you restore them. It keeps working on the latest Windows 11, where most window hiders quietly fail.
Dynamic selection (Pro)
Hide apps by window title or class instead of picking each one — e.g. every File Explorer window. New matching windows are caught the instant they appear, and stay hidden until you turn the rule off. Pro rules survive a reboot, so a program that auto-starts with Windows is hidden automatically.
Global hotkeys
One hotkey hides everything at once; plus per-app hide/show and a hotkey to summon gohide. They all work system-wide, even when gohide is just a tray icon.
Restore all at once
One hotkey brings everything back at once — nothing gets stranded, and everything returns exactly where it was.
Suspend or mute while hidden
Optionally pause a hidden process so background games and heavy apps stop using CPU and GPU while off-screen — or just mute it so a background video stays silent. Resumes the moment you restore it.
Privacy cover screen (Pro)
The moment you press “Hide all”, a full-screen cover — a plain dark screen or any image you choose — drops over the desktop. Press Esc or the restore hotkey to lift it.
Start with Windows, elevated
Start automatically with Windows, already elevated, with no UAC prompt — via a Task Scheduler task, not a fragile Run key.
English & 简体中文
The app follows your Windows language automatically, with a manual override. The website does too.
Light and fast
gohide stays small and quiet — no bloat, no background web services, no account servers. It barely touches your system resources.
How it works
Three steps to a clean desktop
Pick the apps
gohide lists running apps (and tray-only ones). Tick the ones you want to manage.
Assign hotkeys
Give each app a hide/show hotkey, plus a global restore-all. Set it once.
Hide & restore
Hit the hotkey — the windows and tray icons you chose hide. Hit it again — everything's back, exactly where it was.
Trust & privacy
Built to be trusted on your machine
gohide is engineered to be safe and transparent by default: it runs locally, changes nothing permanently, and is easy to verify.
Fully reversible
Nothing gohide hides is ever deleted or permanently changed. One keystroke restores every window, taskbar button and tray icon exactly where it was — and gohide only acts on your own windows on your own machine.
Offline, perpetual license
Activation happens entirely on your own PC and works without an internet connection — no account, and no license server is ever contacted.
No accounts, no tracking
gohide has no accounts and no analytics, and runs no background web service — it never sees or sends what you hide.
Clean and contained
gohide keeps to itself: it doesn't change the apps you hide, and removing gohide leaves your system exactly as it was.
Pricing
Free to start. Pay once to go Pro.
No subscription, ever. Pro is a one-time perpetual purchase with free updates.
Free
- Hide windows, taskbar & tray icons
- Global, per-app & summon hotkeys + restore-all
- Mute app while hidden
- Up to 3 managed apps
- Works on the latest Windows 11 — tray icons too
- No account · no telemetry · fully offline
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Remembers your settings across restarts (Free does not)
- Unlimited managed apps
- Suspend process while hidden
- Privacy cover screen on “Hide all”
- Dynamic auto-hide rules (by title or class)
- Priority support
- Free updates
Pay with card, Alipay or WeChat Pay. Activation is offline and tied to your machine.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is gohide a 'boss key'?
Yes — gohide is a modern boss key (panic button): one hotkey instantly hides the windows, taskbar buttons and tray icons you choose, and another restores them exactly where they were. Unlike classic boss-key tools it also hides system-tray icons and keeps working on the latest Windows 11.
What do people use gohide for?
Everyday focus and privacy on your own PC: clear distracting apps while you work, keep personal windows off-screen while screen-sharing or presenting, tidy a cluttered taskbar and notification area, or pause a background app to save CPU. gohide only hides your own windows on your own machine — it doesn't monitor anything, collect data, or run in the background watching you.
Is gohide safe to use?
Yes. gohide only acts on your own windows on your own machine — it has no telemetry, no accounts, and never sends anything off your PC. Everything it does is fully reversible: one keystroke restores every window, taskbar button and tray icon exactly where it was.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. gohide works fully offline. Even license activation happens entirely on your own PC — nothing is contacted at runtime, and there's no account.
Is Pro a subscription?
No. Pro is a one-time, perpetual purchase. You own that version forever and get free updates. There is no recurring charge.
Does tray-icon hiding work on the latest Windows 11?
Yes. gohide hides system-tray icons on the latest Windows 11, where most other window-hiders simply stop working. For a few protected apps it tucks the icon away instead of fully removing it — either way, it's restored the moment you bring things back.
What Windows versions and CPUs are supported?
Windows 10 and Windows 11, on x64, ARM64 and x86 — gohide supports them all automatically.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. gohide Pro comes with a 3-day money-back guarantee — if it's not right for you, email support within 3 days of purchase for a full refund. We also offer a free edition with no time limit, so you can confirm gohide works on your PC before buying Pro.
Take back your taskbar.
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