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title: "How to hide Status bar  for Universal Apps in Windows Phone 8.1"  
description: "How to hide Status bar  for Universal Apps in Windows Phone 8.1"  
author: "Royce Roy"  
published: 2015-04-23  
updated: 2015-04-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23126/how-to-hide-status-bar-for-universal-apps-in-windows-phone-8-1  
category: "windows phone"  
tags: ["c#", "windows phone"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to hide Status bar  for Universal Apps in Windows Phone 8.1

How to hide the [Status](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157184/check-lic-policy-status-online-by-policy-number) bar in [Windows](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311752/how-to-install-and-use-the-google-wifi-software-on-a-windows-or-mac-computer) [Phone](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23411/the-most-effective-method-to-find-the-perfect-small-business-phone-system-for-your-business) 8.1 (C#, XAML)?\
In Windows Phone 8 it was done by setting [shell](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22998/why-erlang-shell-always-prints-ok-at-the-end-of-the-output):SystemTray.IsVisible="False" at any page. But its not available in Windows Phone 8.1

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

With the release of Windows Phone 8.1 SDK comes a new StatusBar. The StatusBar replaces the SystemTray from Windows Phone Silverlight Apps. Unlike the SystemTray, the StausBar can only be accessed via code and some functionality has changed

```
StatusBar statusBar = Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar.GetForCurrentView();// Hide the status barawait statusBar.HideAsync();//Show the status bar
```

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```
await statusBar.ShowAsync();await Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar.GetForCurrentView().HideAsync(); await Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar.GetForCurrentView().ShowAsync(); 
```

for hiding and showing the system tray\


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