Hide the iTerm dock icon on Mac OS X

hide-iterm-dock-icon.md

Note: you can now configure this simply in iTerm2's application settings. Go to Preferences > Appearance > System and select "Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher".

On my dual-drive MacBook Pro I have remapped the eject key to F13 using Karabiner and NoEjectDelay. The eject key has been assigned as the hotkey for a guake-style visor terminal using iTerm2. Having its own hotkey precludes the need for an icon, so I prefer to hide the iTerm dock icon.

To hide the dock icon of iTerm2 on Mac OS X:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add :LSUIElement bool true' /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Info.plist

To undo the above:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Delete :LSUIElement' /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Info.plist

Disable animation of hotkey window on iTerm2:

defaults write com.googlecode.iterm2 HotkeyTermAnimationDuration -float 0.00001

tested with iTerm 2.0.0.20150412 on Apple MacBook Pro (Late 2011) running OS X 10.10.3

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It works for me, iterm doesn't open if it is "closed unexpectedly".

As of v3.1.2, you can configure this behavior from iTerm2's Preferences: go to Appearance tab, under System -> Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher.

As of v3.1.2, you can configure this behavior from iTerm2's Preferences: go to Appearance tab, under System -> Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher.

Yep, this worked great!

A note for future readers, this is actually supported natively in the app now: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/415556/how-to-hide-the-iterm-icon-from-status-menu