Question: *I have tried everything suggested here: [Status bar won't disappear](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17763719/status-bar-wont-disappear) to no avail.*

My iPhone version of my app has no status bar shown, but on my iPad, **which runs the scaled up version of my iPhone version,** there is a status bar that won't go away!

If it makes a difference, my app uses the devices camera for a majority of the app. If you need more info/code, don't hesitate to ask! My app is iOS 7 only, and I use Xcode 5. Also, I would like the status bar gone in the whole app.

**Do not suggest UIViewControllerBasedStatusBar in the plist-- it does not work.**

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Answer: 
For 2016 onwards all you do is:
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Add these two items to your plist:
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```
<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>
<true/>
<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<false/>

```

1. It is that simple
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2. There is no other method.
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(Note - there's a (pointless) "hide status bar" checkbox in "general settings" "deployment info" section. This simply reads the plist file, it's a completely pointless checkbox.)

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Historic answers...
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I've removed the historic answers as they are completely useless. (If any historians need to read it, click "edit history".)
Have you already, on your **info.plist** file, added two new attributes if not present? Please try setting "**Status bar is initially hidden**" to "`YES`" and also set "`UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance`" to "`NO`". This will hide status bar for your app.