# Tried to remove the top bar

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/tried-to-remove-the-top-bar/42647>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/tried-to-remove-the-top-bar/42647 "2023-08-23T21:53:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/tried-to-remove-the-top-bar/42647/3 "2023-08-24T08:48:05Z")

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Hi @nuhuhwy,

You can take a look at this thread:

> [@Possible to change top bars layout? (window frame color)](https://discourse.processing.org/t/possible-to-change-top-bars-layout-window-frame-color/40914/2):
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> Hi @Aryszin, In Windows, the title bar can be customized using the Windows API in C#: [Title bar customization - Windows apps | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/title-bar?tabs=wasdk) You can access the [java.awt.Frame](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Frame.html) instance like this and modify it’s shape for example (you can make it transparent [here](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/displayCode.html?code=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/misc/ShapedWindowDemoProject/src/misc/ShapedWindowDemo.java)) : import processing.awt.PSurfaceAWT; import java.awt.Frame; import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D; void setup() { size(500, 500); PSurfaceAWT.SmoothCanvas canvas = (PSurfaceAWT.SmoothCanvas)(surface.getNative()); Frame frame = ca…

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