# Arc 4 : Supress Status Bar Indicator?

**URL:** <https://support.bigpaua.com/t/arc-4-supress-status-bar-indicator/1174>\
**Category:** Arc App Support\
**Created:** [22 April 2026 14:03 UTC](https://support.bigpaua.com/t/arc-4-supress-status-bar-indicator/1174 "2026-04-22T14:03:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zimbo3000](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/support.bigpaua.com/zimbo3000/32/1159_2.png) [@Zimbo3000](https://support.bigpaua.com/u/Zimbo3000)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2026 14:03 UTC](https://support.bigpaua.com/t/arc-4-supress-status-bar-indicator/1174/1 "2026-04-22T14:03:05Z")

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In Arc 3 there was teh option to hide the status bar location indicator.

Will this be added to Arc 4?

This alwasy worked perfekt for me, and used almost no battery.

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**Author:** ![hwilkinson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/support.bigpaua.com/hwilkinson/32/657_2.png) [@hwilkinson](https://support.bigpaua.com/u/hwilkinson)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2026 14:35 UTC](https://support.bigpaua.com/t/arc-4-supress-status-bar-indicator/1174/2 "2026-04-22T14:35:57Z")

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This is one of the most talked about issues on this forum. Give it a search.

> [@Introducing Arc Timeline 4 - the next generation of Arc](https://support.bigpaua.com/t/introducing-arc-timeline-4-the-next-generation-of-arc/1141/43):
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> Hi @obenn! Unfortunately the old app didn’t work fine without the indicator showing. Turning it off still causes data gaps (that Arc Recorder has to pick up from, if installed) and results in usually higher energy consumption / battery use. Yeah, it would be great if Apple gave us the option to turn it off ourselves per app. That would be ideal. But until then, this is the situation as it stands now. Sorry about that!

Here’s but one example! TL;DR no.

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**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/support.bigpaua.com/matt/32/3_2.png) [@matt](https://support.bigpaua.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2026 00:39 UTC](https://support.bigpaua.com/t/arc-4-supress-status-bar-indicator/1174/3 "2026-04-23T00:39:32Z")

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Hi @Zimbo3000!

As @hwilkinson says, this is a no.

It looks like it works fine for some people, but in many of those cases Arc Recorder is picking up the slack. And for those who get on fine even without Arc Recorder, that’s great for them but not the norm. It’s precarious ground.

The new app is built to be resilient, reliable, dependable. That option was none of those things. And Apple’s repeated beatdowns of my small business by making unannounced and undocumented changes that broke the app due to that feature have ensured that I’m no longer willing to put my face in the line of their fist ever again.