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What do I need to do to remove the split pane sidebar on the right from the terminal window? Never used to have it and now I don't know how to get rid of it.

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I found out what was triggering it. The split-pane sidebar shows up when you have a non-magic mouse plugged in. So my answer for you could be: use an Apple's Magic Mouse.

However I'll tell you how to get rid of it, this will change the scroll bar behavior to show up only when scrolling:

  • Launch System Preferences from the  Apple menu
  • Click on General
  • Look for 'Show scroll bars' and select the radiobox next to "When scrolling"
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    Excellent! That did the trick.
    – Josh Mu
    Mar 17, 2014 at 2:26
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    give this man an money, women, and guns.
    – justinpage
    Jan 8, 2015 at 19:14
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    I got this even with a magic mouse after a reboot. Turning the magic mouse off, waiting for disconnect, and turning it back on again caused the bar to clear.
    – Jason R. Coombs
    May 26, 2015 at 21:27
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    So Apple think you'll need to split and mirror the terminal if are using a non magic mouse?
    – Weishi Z
    Apr 7, 2016 at 6:41
  • still in 2021, this was helpful, started using a wireless mouse, and these bars appeared on my terminal windows.
    – Jake
    Nov 23, 2021 at 6:56
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Shift-Command-D or the "Close Split Pane" item in the View menu should do it.

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