how_to_hide_wireless_icon

[steve_bills]

Has anyone had success hiding the Wireless icon in the Menu bar? I'm not sure how to go about editing the plist.

[jared_f]

https://github.com/gmarnin/Profiles/blob/master/Airport%20Menubar%20Disable.mobileconfig

I saw this a while back.

[CapU]

Why would you need to hide the icon? I have a policy that disables the wireless, any the user has to an admin to be able to get into System Prefs to make any change

[jared_f]

@steve.bills It seems to work. I threw it into text wrangler on my Mac and changed the organization, etc. and saved it as a .mobileconfig. Upload it to the JSS and scope.

[SeanA]

@steve.bills If the solution provided by jared_f works, then kudos. For my curiosity, what are the requirement(s) in your organization to hide the icon?

[steve_bills]

@SeanA - Members of our network team are concerned that users will try to enable the wireless on their Mac Mini's. I put a policy in place over the weekend that shuts off the wireless on those devices now. I haven't had a opportunity to work on the hiding the icon. I'm in CCT training this week so I will play around with the icon next week.

[dstranathan]

This profile appears to be working on my 10.11 El Capitan and 10.12 Sierra test computers.

Users can play cat-and-mouse by manually enabling the Wi-Fi (AirPort) icon from the Network preference pane, but the icon ultimatley will get removed over and over again by the profile.