Only keep the escape key on touch bar keyboard

Question

I would like to remove all the keys on the touch bar except the escape key.

Related: https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/358975/151404 – JBallin Feb 18 '21 at 19:18 — JBallin, Feb 18 '21 at 19:18

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '19 at 13:38

System Preferences -> Keyboard ->
  Touch Bar shows: Quick Actions
  Press Fn key to: Show Control Strip

After that you only have Esc and Configure in: Extension Preferences buttons on the Touch Bar, while quick actions are accessible through pressing the hardware Fn key.

Now, the question is how to also remove that Configure in: Extension Preferences button as it still results in accidental key presses, but at least it only shows a preferences window, which is easy to quickly close with Cmd+W.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '20 at 20:27

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System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Touch Bar shows: Expanded Control Strip

After that Customise Control Strip... and drag out all buttons from touch bar.

answered Mar 04 '20 at 20:27

ojagodzinski

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 10:32

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After killing the Touch Bar server application it worked like a charm. I follow what described in this topic : https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/382627/363577

answered Feb 25 '20 at 10:32

JulienD

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Only keep the escape key on touch bar keyboard

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