How to customise Control Center on a Mac, and move controls to the menu bar
Choose which controls live in Control Center, which also sit in the menu bar, and which only show while active. Where the settings moved, and how to reset them.
Where are Control Center settings on a Mac?
On current macOS, open System Settings and click Menu Bar. Control Center's options live there, alongside the settings for the menu bar itself.
How do I put a control in the menu bar?
Under Control Center Modules, each control has a menu. Choose Show in Menu Bar to give it its own icon at the top of the screen, Show When Active to show it only while in use, as with screen mirroring, or Don't Show in Menu Bar to keep it inside Control Center.
How do I add more controls?
Other Modules lists optional ones, such as Accessibility Shortcuts, Battery and Fast User Switching, which you can add to Control Center, the menu bar, or both. Current macOS also lets apps offer their own controls; look for Add Controls….
How do I reset Control Center?
In Menu Bar settings, click Reset Control Center…. It returns the layout to how the Mac came. Your other settings are not changed.
How do I open Control Center?
Click the icon with two switches at the right of the menu bar. Each tile opens with a click, and some, like Display and Sound, have sliders you can drag straight away.
More room in the menu bar: customise the menu bar and make it transparent or solid.
Checked on 22 October 2026 on a MacBook Air (M1) running macOS 27.0.1: the pane name Menu Bar and the labels Control Center Modules, Other Modules, Show When Active and Reset Control Center were read from System Settings.
Questions
Where is Control Center in System Settings?
On current macOS its options are in System Settings, Menu Bar.
How do I add a Control Center item to the menu bar?
In Menu Bar settings, set the control to Show in Menu Bar.
How do I reset Control Center on a Mac?
Click Reset Control Center in System Settings, Menu Bar.
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