How to remove persistent trash icon label in MacBook Pro dock?

I don't even know how to ask this - my label for the trash icon in my dock won't go away. All other labels will disappear after scroll-over, but not for trash. I have rebooted in safe mode, killed the dock in terminal, emptied the trash...a LOT. I have a MacBook Pro with Sequoia 15.7.2. Help?


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Original Title:MacBook Pro dock label

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.7

Posted on Nov 30, 2025 1:45 PM

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Nov 30, 2025 2:50 PM in response to KindaGeek

By design, the Label for trash is only supposed to appear when the cursor is near the Trash.


If yours is behaving differently, it is malfunctioning.


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By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, overheating and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, Virus scanners, Bit Torrent, or a VPN that you installed yourself. 


¿Are you running anything like that?


¿Are you running Haxies that change the look and feel of the MenuBar, the Dock, or any features of Finder?

How to remove persistent trash icon label in MacBook Pro dock?

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