Claude Code desktop on macOS has no setting to hide extended thinking blocks
Victor-frx39 · ghdev · 2026-07-18
Claude Code desktop on macOS has no way to hide extended thinking blocks
A GitHub issue against anthropics/claude-code says the macOS desktop app shows the assistant’s extended thinking blocks fully expanded while responses stream, which clutters the transcript and makes answers harder to read.
Key points from the report:
- There is no Settings toggle to hide or collapse thinking output
- The behavior is inconsistent: expanded during streaming, but collapsed after restart
- The issue is specific to the Claude Code desktop app, not the VS Code extension or terminal CLI
The reporter wants a permanent preference that applies both during streaming and in saved transcripts.
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