# Hide the SG Desktop launcher splash window?

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317>\
**Category:** Flow Production Tracking\
**Created:** [September 8, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317 "2025-09-08T12:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Arvid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/arvid/32/1102_2.png) [@Arvid](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Arvid)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317/1 "2025-09-08T12:20:38Z")

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Can this splash screen be hidden? It often lasts longer than it takes the application behind it to open, so it ends up being in the way without providing anything useful as far as I can tell. Can I permantenly hide it?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/b/bd3ea9543168a45a6852f0e78750d811cc385008.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/2/2def8841d494070003ff16a2cc3ade2aaa721a8e.png)

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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Musch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/ricardo_musch/32/405_2.png) [@Ricardo\_Musch](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Ricardo_Musch)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317/2 "2025-09-09T00:29:45Z")

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+1

I might find where it is in the launchapp and make a PR to add a setting to disable it,

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**Author:** ![grover\_gol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/grover_gol/32/2436_2.png) [@grover\_gol](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/grover_gol)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317/3 "2025-09-10T14:33:23Z")

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Fully agree +1

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**Author:** ![donat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/donat/32/6390_2.png) [@donat](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/donat)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317/4 "2025-09-10T20:57:42Z")

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+1  
Ideally, an indication that an application/tool is being launched could be dislpayed, but then inside the SG Desktop app itself (just to show that something is happening). However for me this is very low priority

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**Author:** ![jhultgre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/jhultgre/32/487_2.png) [@jhultgre](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/jhultgre)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/hide-the-sg-desktop-launcher-splash-window/20317/5 "2025-09-12T18:24:38Z")

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It’s literally just a ten second timer that starts after the before\_app\_launch and app\_launch hooks have been called. Really not helpful.

I’ve forked our code to shorten the timer and start it before calling those hooks.  
Really there should be some call backs to update or close the splash screen when those hooks have finished.