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  • That toolbar allows you to manage machines (suspend, restart a stuck machine) and add devices (USB pass through and such). I wonder if (expect that) this is the reason it cannot be permanently disabled.
    – anon
    Commented Aug 16, 2020 at 17:18
  • @John I understand but it could be possible to use shortcuts instead...
    – valfur03
    Commented Aug 16, 2020 at 17:21
  • I have not seen an ability to make shortcuts of the menu items - they are integrated into the program.
    – anon
    Commented Aug 16, 2020 at 17:22
  • Which VMware product are you asking about? Are you asking about VMware Workstation Professional, VMware Workstation Player, or VMware Fusion? If VMware Fusion, what do you mean by "MacOS for example"? macOS is the only available host OS. Or if you mean VMware Workstation, then macOS is not a supported guest OS.
    – jamesdlin
    Commented Aug 17, 2020 at 19:05
  • Anyway, in VMware Fusion, per the docs, it sounds like you can disable the menu bar by pressing Command+Shift+M. In VMware Workstation Professional, you can use "Exclusive Mode" to restrict input to the guest OS, which would prevent triggering the full screen toolbar.
    – jamesdlin
    Commented Aug 17, 2020 at 19:06