Change Control Center settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Control Center settings to choose which items to include in Control Center and which items appear in the menu bar. Learn how to use Control Center.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Control Center settings for me
Control Center Modules
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| These items are always shown in Control Center. You can choose when the corresponding status icons should also be shown in the menu bar. Click the pop-up menu next to an item, then choose an option:
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Other Modules
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| These items can be added to Control Center and the menu bar. Turn options below each item on or off. These options are available for each item:
Battery and Fast User Switching have additional options available. If you’re using a Mac laptop and choose to show the Battery status icon in the menu bar, you can also show the percentage of battery charge (the percentage is always shown when Battery is in Control Center). To set menu bar options for Fast User Switching, click the pop-up menu next to Show in Menu Bar, then choose an option:
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in the menu bar.Menu Bar Only
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| The clock is always shown in the menu bar. Click Clock Options, then choose how you want the date and time displayed.
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| These modules can be shown in the menu bar. Click the pop-up menu next to a module, then choose an option:
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Automatically hide and show the menu bar | Choose when to hide and show the menu bar:
Move the pointer to the top of the screen to show the menu bar when it’s hidden. | ||||||||||
Recent documents, applications, and servers | Choose how many items to show in the Recent Items menu command. Items you’ve used recently are listed in the Apple menu This setting also determines how many recent items appear in app menus, such as the Open Recent option in the File menu in TextEdit. | ||||||||||