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Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) on Windows Pc

Developed By: Pieter Pareit

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 212 votes

Last Updated: February 26, 2025

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	2.6
Size	219.5 KB
Release Date	January 26, 23
Category	Personalization Apps
App Permissions: Configure an application for debugging. [see more (4)]
What's New: Version 2.6 (2 February 2014)* Will now hide systembar on more devices (notable Samsung devices, thanks Silvio)* Added switch in settings screen to hide... [see more]
Description from Developer: Android service that hides and restores the systembar of android tablets. This enables playing, watching and reading at full screen! Installation: * On KitKat, while this applicat... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) and install on Windows PC. Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) is free Personalization app, developed by Pieter Pareit. Latest version of Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) is 2.6, was released on 2023-01-26 (updated on 2025-02-26). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 212 users, 104 users had rated it 5*, 30 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED)" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2.6.

Download Hide Bottom Bar (ROOT NEEDED) 2.6 on Windows PC – 219.5 KB

Android service that hides and restores the systembar of android tablets. This enables playing, watching and reading at full screen!

Installation:
* On KitKat, while this application works, it is better to use the application 'Immersive Mode' by the same author.
* On HC and ICS, root is NOT required!
* On JB (devices bought in 2013), ROOT IS REQUIRED.
* More functionality is available on rooted devices (back/home/recent/menu)

Usage:
* First click on icon with two arrows to show notification, then on notification to hide the system bar.
* Tapping the bottom of the screen will reshow the system bar

Features:
* Hiding/restoring systembar at any time, enables fullscreen mode.
* Different options to reshow the systembar.
* Option to reshow systembar on screen off.
* Option to never reshow systembar (kiosk mode).
* Option to hide the systembar from the notification area.
* Option to not show the icon in the notification area, while still being able to hide the systembar from the notification area. (Only on JB and up)
* Invisible button to control navigation on device (back button).
* Popup Navigation Bar to control navigation while bottom bar is hidden.
* Availability to show the recent apps (only on JB for now)
* Option to hide systembar at boot time.
* Tasker/Locale scripting integration: this program registers itself as a locale plug-in.

Current bugs:
* Problems with phones like Nexus 4 when receiving calls or when alarm rings while systembar is hidden.
* If you do an OTA update, most devices will lose root, HideBar will stop working till you root the device again.
* Recent applications currently only works with Jelly Bean.

Devices:
* Devices that contain the systembar or navigation bar (bar at bottom of screen).
* Supports Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
* Newer Nexus devices (Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10)
* Most tablets and Google TV devices. Also some phones (must contain bar at bottom).

Version 2.6 (2 February 2014)
* Will now hide systembar on more devices (notable Samsung devices, thanks Silvio)
* Added switch in settings screen to hide systembar strait away
* Improved notification icon (thanks Birgit)
This version contains a lot of 'under the hood' improvements, this will help me a lot to make more improvements in the future. If there is any regression on your device or for your use case, let me know on pieter.pareit@gmail.com

Configure an application for debugging.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.