How To Show Hide Focus Status In Macos 13 Ventura On Mac

Show/Hide Focus Status on Mac in macOS 13 Ventura or Later

Before we begin, let’s sort out a couple of important questions. If you have any doubts with regard to privacy, the following answers can clear them. 

So, What Does Focus Status Share With Apps? 

It’s worth pointing out that focus status just shares that you have notifications silenced. Apps are not allowed to know the name of your Focus and what you are doing during the Focus Mode. Hence, you don’t need to bother about anything. 

When is Your Focus Status Shared? 

Another important thing that you should know is that your focus status is shared only when you enable Focus Mode. Moreover, an app is allowed to share your focus status only when you give it permission to do so. 

How to Stop Sharing Your Focus Status on Mac

1. First off, open the System Settings app on your Mac. Or, click on the Apple menu at the top left corner of the screen -> System Settings. 
2. Now, click on Focus. 
3. Next, click on Focus Status.
4. Next up, turn off the toggle for Share Focus Status.  That’s done! Your focus status will no longer be shared with apps. If you don’t want to completely turn off focus status, you can allow only specific focus profiles to share your status. To do so, just turn off/on the toggles next to a focus profile located under the Share From section. Of course, if you ever happen to change your mind and want to share your status, return to this very setting and then turn on the toggle for Focus Status.

Wrapping Up…

Launched in iOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey, Focus Mode is designed to help you give your best when you want to fully concentrate on a task or anything that matters to you. With the release of iOS 16, Apple has further enhanced this mode by adding focus filters. You can use focus filters to customize how apps and services behave when you have a Focus profile turned on.  For example, you can associate a mail account with Focus Mode, silence notifications from specific apps, enable low power mode with Focus Mode, enable dark mode with Focus Mode, and limit browsing to a specific Safari tab group.