Hide apps in Apps launcher

Please add a user-friendly way to hide applications within the Apps launcher without deleting them from `/Applications/`, uninstalling them, moving them to `/Applications/Hidden Apps/`, or manually hiding them in the filesystem using `chflags hidden`.



Use Case


Adobe Creative Cloud installs about a dozen utility applications in `/Applications/` or subdirectories thereof.


All of these applications appear in the default view of the new Apps launcher:


A normal user would never interact with these utility applications; They just clutters up unnecessary space.


I use Adobe applications like Photoshop and Substance Painter so uninstalling Creative Cloud or deleting these utility applications from `/Applications/` is not an option, as was recommended in this thread: Remove icons from apps launcher - Apple Community


Moving the applications to `/Applications/Hidden Apps/' would also not work, since Creative Cloud likely expects its utility applications at very specific paths and moving them would likely break functionality.



Suggestion


I feel there needs to be an easy way to hide applications from the default Apps launcher view, for use cases like this where applications need to remain installed in the `/Applications/` folder, but that the user has no intention of ever using.


For example, you could right click an app in the Apps launcher, choose 'Hide Application', and then the ... menu in the top-right of the launcher would have an option to 'Show hidden Apps'.


It would be fine if such 'hidden' apps still appear in search results with a user-provided search query.


MacBook Pro 14″

Posted on Dec 5, 2025 4:15 PM

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Hide apps in Apps launcher

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