The modern workday

Too many windows. Too much to hold in your head.

You're juggling a dozen apps, tabs and documents at once — and the things that matter slip through the cracks. Popback is a menu bar app that lets you snooze and hide windows to declutter your Mac, then pops them back exactly when you need them.

Everything open at once

Real-world moments

For all the times you'd have forgotten.

You start something, then get pulled away — and forget to go back to it. Set the window to pop back in a bit, and Popback nudges you, so nothing slips through the cracks.

Final Cut Pro

Pops back in 20m

For editors & creators

While a long export renders

Three ways to snooze

Drag it to the corner — or hit your key command.

Drop a window into the corner pad and it tucks away. Prefer the keyboard? Your own key command snoozes the window you're in. Or pick it from the menu. Whichever you choose, the snooze bar pops up so you can say when it pops back.

Drag & drop to the corner

Drop a window onto the pad — put it in any of the four corners.

Or a custom key command

Snooze the window you're working in without touching the mouse.

Or from the menu bar

Pick snooze straight from the Popback menu.

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The thing you need before the meeting

Have the right window waiting, right on time.

Need a document ready for your 10:00 meeting? Snooze it now to clear it out of the way, then set it to pop back at 9:50 — so it's in front of you with time to spare, instead of cluttering your screen until then.

Tap a recent time

It remembers the durations you use most — one tap and done.

Or pick a custom time

Tap Custom for an exact number of minutes, or a precise date & time.

Or a one-tap preset

This evening, tomorrow morning, next Monday.

It remembers your recent times

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When you're in the middle of something

It waits until you're free — it won't barge in.

When a window's due back but you're mid-flow — typing, clicking, scrolling, whatever you're doing — Popback holds it until you take a breath. Tune how long it waits, or switch it off entirely. It's your call.

Holds while you're active

Typing, clicking or scrolling — it waits for a natural pause.

Tune it to you

Set how long the quiet should be, and a cap so it never waits forever.

Or switch it off

Want windows back on the dot? Turn the hold off entirely.

Notes

Reply to Sarah

Mail — waiting for you

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So you can't miss it

It pops back front and centre.

By default a window pops back full-screen and grabs your attention — no hunting for it, no missing it. Prefer it to slot back exactly where it was? That's one toggle away.

Full-screen by default

A window pops back full-screen, so it's the first thing you see.

Impossible to ignore

Pair it with a chime and a pop-back always lands.

Or right where it was

Prefer your layout untouched? Return windows in place with one toggle.

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Like the sound of it?

Don't let it slip past

Hear it the moment it pops back.

Head down in another window? Switch on a gentle chime and Popback gives you a little nudge as each window pops back — so a pop-back never sneaks by unnoticed. On or off, whenever you like.

A chime as it pops back

A subtle alert so you notice the pop-back, even looking elsewhere.

Pairs with full-screen return

Combine the two and a pop-back is impossible to miss.

Always your choice

Flip the sound on or off any time.

Calendar

Play sound on return

Not ready when it's back?

Snooze it again in one tap.

A window pops back but you're still mid-task? The snooze bar comes up with it — push it another ten minutes, an hour, or whenever, without breaking stride.

It pops back with a snooze bar

Quick durations are right there the moment it pops back.

Bounce it as often as you like

No limit — keep pushing it until you're genuinely ready.

Or just keep it

Ready now? Dismiss the bar and carry on.

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Clearing the decks

Clear the whole screen in a single click.

Meeting about to start, or you just want a clean slate? Click the Popback icon in your menu bar and choose Hide all windows — everything tucks away at once. Or hide it all for a set time and it pops back on its own. Bring it back whenever you're ready.

Click the menu-bar icon

Choose Hide all windows and every window tucks away at once.

Or hide all for a set time

Send everything away for an hour or two — it pops back on its own.

Bring it all back

One click returns every window, right where it was — a key command works too.

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1 hour

2 hours

This evening

Looks right, day or night

Light mode or dark — it just fits in.

Popback follows your Mac's appearance automatically, with a hand-built icon and interface for both. Whatever your setup, it looks like it belongs.

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Everything else

The little things that make it stick.

The details you'll notice on day two — and rely on by day ten.

Snooze just one window

That email you can't deal with now? Send only it away — it pops back later, in place.

Never lose track

A live countdown and a badge in the menu bar show what's hidden and when it's due.

Survives overnight

Snooze to tomorrow, shut the lid, go home. It'll be waiting when you're back.

Back where you left it

Windows pop back to their exact position and size — no rearranging afterwards.

Tidy return

When several windows pop back at once, Popback tiles them neatly instead of stacking them up.

100% private

No account, no tracking, no internet. Nothing ever leaves your Mac.

Pricing

One price. No subscription. Ever.

Popback for Mac

£9.99

One-time payment. Yours forever.

One licence, yours to keep
All future updates included
Native, private, menu-bar only

Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later

Snooze any window. It pops back
right when you need it.