How can I hide emacs status line?

Question

I would like to hide completely the emacs status line. Is that possible? I could not find anything about this through Google.

Answer 1

Hide status line globally

(setq-default mode-line-format nil)

The preferred way to completely hide the status line is (setq-default mode-line-format nil) in your init.el file.

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Hide status line of the current buffer

(setq mode-line-format nil)

Hide status line of the current buffer by typing M-: followed by (setq mode-line-format nil) when prompted.

Answer 2

On a more lispy level, setting mode-line-format to nil will remove it. See here