How can I disable the icon bar in Emacs GUI under OSX?

Solution 1:

I don't use OSX so the details might be different for your machine but on my Linux I have two options.

1. The GUI way:

   

   This is not persistent across sessions though, next time you open emacs, the bar will be back.

2. The emacs way; just add this line to your $HOME/.emacs file:

   (tool-bar-mode -1)
   

   Now, every time you open emacs the bar will appear briefly but will be gone by the time emacs has finished initializing and is ready for use. I have previously tried to get this to work better, without having the bar appear at all, for the menu-bar but could not find a better way.