# Hide pvserver Dock icons when running Paraview with MPI on macOS

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hide-pvserver-dock-icons-when-running-paraview-with-mpi-on-macos/1194
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 28, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hide-pvserver-dock-icons-when-running-paraview-with-mpi-on-macos/1194 "2019-01-28T13:02:01Z")
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### Author: ![lorak41](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lorak41/32/1509_2.png) [@lorak41](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lorak41)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hide-pvserver-dock-icons-when-running-paraview-with-mpi-on-macos/1194/1 "2019-01-28T13:02:01Z")

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Hi, does anyone know how to fix/remove all those icons of pvserver executable when running Paraview on macOS with MPI?

 ![54](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d74af477a14ec5657e4c15b7f3b63ecddbb5cb72.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hide-pvserver-dock-icons-when-running-paraview-with-mpi-on-macos/1194/2 "2019-02-15T15:21:23Z")

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There is nothing specific in ParaView as this is related to MacOS.  
It seems to be answered here though :

> <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/207939/how-to-hide-a-specific-active-app-on-os-x-has-to-be-reversible>