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Hitting Function + F12 keys will usually close Dashboard on the Mac with modern versions of system software.Īdditionally, you can click the little arrow button in the corner of the Dashboard screen to close it on Mac and enter the next desktop “Space”. Some users also may find themselves inadvertently in Dashboard in macOS, and when it’s activated as a Space it can be less than obvious to exit. * Alternatively if you don’t want to turn Dashboard off, you can choose “As Space” if you want Dashboard to appear as a virtual desktop style unique Space, or “As Overlay” if you want the Dashboard to hover widgets over the desktop when activated, which is my personal favorite and how the feature behaved in prior versions of Mac OS. Whether or not you use Dashboard and want it turned off is entirely up to you and how you use your Mac. Personally I think Dashboard and the collection of widgets is much more useful than Launchpad, and I still actively use the feature for checking the weather, quick conversions and dictionary lookups, and other functionalities. With “Off” chosen the Dashboard feature will no longer be active at all, and if you hit Function+F12 or whatever keystroke you chose to activate the feature it will not activate if the feature is disabled this way. Look for the ‘Dashboard’ pull down menu and choose “Off” as the option *.Go to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences” and then pick “Mission Control”.How to Remove Dashboard on Mac OS and Turn It Off The ability to toggle Dashboard off and on again in Mac OS is now easily achievable through a settings preference panel, whereas before the only way to do this was to disable the Dashboard with a defaults string at the command line.