Warp: Hide the Dock Icon in Hotkey Window Mode

A long-requested macOS customization ships

Warp added an opt-in setting for macOS users who run the terminal in dedicated hotkey window mode: the ability to hide the Warp icon from the Dock entirely. The request had accumulated 82 reactions and 47 comments on GitHub since April 2022, making it one of the most upvoted unimplemented macOS customizations in Warp's tracker. It landed on June 17, 2026.

What dedicated hotkey window mode is

Warp's dedicated hotkey window, often called Quake Mode after the drop-down console in the game Quake, keeps the terminal in the background and toggles it in and out of view with a single global shortcut. People who adopt this pattern usually configure Warp to autohide on focus loss, so it behaves like a persistent scratchpad rather than a normal app window. For this kind of user, a full Dock icon is an ergonomic inconsistency: the Dock is for apps you click to launch, but Warp is summoned by keyboard alone.

How the setting works

The "Hide Warp from the Dock" toggle lives under Settings, Features, Global hotkey, Dedicated hotkey window, and only appears once you have selected dedicated hotkey window mode and configured a keybinding. When enabled, Warp switches its activation policy to Accessory, the standard macOS mechanism that menu-bar utilities use to disappear from the Dock while staying fully operational.

Recovery is automatic. Switching away from dedicated hotkey mode, clearing the keybinding, or toggling the option off each restores the Dock icon immediately, with no restart required, so there is no risk of getting stuck without a Dock icon. The setting is macOS only: on Windows and Linux it is a no-op and does not appear.

Why it matters

A Dock-free terminal is more than aesthetics. macOS users who run Warp in Quake Mode alongside tools like Raycast or Alfred often keep a minimal Dock. This change lets Warp act as a true background utility, taking zero visual space outside the hotkey window. It also brings Warp in line with iTerm2, which has offered a similar option for years and was the original reference in the 2022 request, removing one more reason for power users to stay on the older terminal.