How to prevent 1P's icon from appearing in the Dock at startup

I think this relates to the way how you use 1PW. If it's a (background)tool that helps filling credentials then one would like to hide its icon. But if it's a full fledged secure data management program for you, you would possible like to have within the dock and application switcher.

Makes sense to me, @viswiz. 👍

Throwing my two cents in the mix. Well said by everyone who has posted already but a hide dock option would be brilliant. My password manager should run in the background but I rarely need access it enough to warrant an icon in the dock.

@tortugonal Thank you for your suggestion. It is the best and most respectful solution IMHO. It's been more than 6 months since I first posted this request and an update to 1password 8 has been published which didn't address the problem that I reported. I'm still having to continuously remove the 1p icon from the dock and it's still a nuisance to me. Can we be hopeful that some progress has been made with the dev team, Peter?

Hey all - first I want to say that I appreciate the thoughtful responses from the 1Password team here - too often I feel like there's a complete lack of transparency between user requests and feature roadmap, so I appreciate that it's at least on your radar.

I also respect the point that most apps don't have this feature, although I personally wish that weren't the case.

If you guys would like to see an example of another Mac application that allows for this functionality, you should check out 'Todoist.' I view Todoist and 1Password in the same realm of applications.

Years ago, in a product/design/engineering meeting I was in, one of our best designers said that the goal of our application was to be like an exceptional butler. When you need something, it's right at your fingertips. When you don't, it disappears until it's needed again. I feel like that's a perfect analog for how I view 1Password. When I want it, I really need it - but when I don't need it, it can feel like a distraction when it's there.

Thanks for your insight and kind words, @onepassworduser1 ! I'm afraid I don't have any updates to share currently but I do see your point and will add a note internally that this is something you'd like to see as well. 🙂

ref: dev/core/core#9943
ref: PB-30857417