diff --git a/js/views/settings_view.js b/js/views/settings_view.js
index 58818531e..e17304a29 100644
--- a/js/views/settings_view.js
+++ b/js/views/settings_view.js
@@ -106,12 +106,14 @@
         value: window.initialData.spellCheck,
         setFn: window.setSpellCheck,
       });
-      new CheckboxView({
-        el: this.$('.menu-bar-setting'),
-        name: 'menu-bar-setting',
-        value: window.initialData.hideMenuBar,
-        setFn: window.setHideMenuBar,
-      });
+      if (Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported()) {
+        new CheckboxView({
+          el: this.$('.menu-bar-setting'),
+          name: 'menu-bar-setting',
+          value: window.initialData.hideMenuBar,
+          setFn: window.setHideMenuBar,
+        });
+      }
       new MediaPermissionsSettingView({
         el: this.$('.media-permissions'),
         value: window.initialData.mediaPermissions,
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
         nameOnly: i18n('nameOnly'),
         audioNotificationDescription: i18n('audioNotificationDescription'),
         isAudioNotificationSupported: Settings.isAudioNotificationSupported(),
+        isHideMenuBarSupported: Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported(),
         themeLight: i18n('themeLight'),
         themeDark: i18n('themeDark'),
         hideMenuBar: i18n('hideMenuBar'),
diff --git a/settings.html b/settings.html
index f74ccb555..bf14f2444 100644
--- a/settings.html
+++ b/settings.html
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <br />
+    {{ #isHideMenuBarSupported }}
     <div class='menu-bar-setting'>
       <input type='checkbox' name='hide-menu-bar' id='hide-menu-bar'/>
       <label for='hide-menu-bar'>{{ hideMenuBar }}</label>
     </div>
+    {{ /isHideMenuBarSupported }}
     <hr>
     <div class='notification-settings'>
       <h3>{{ notifications }}</h3>
diff --git a/ts/test/types/Settings_test.ts b/ts/test/types/Settings_test.ts
index d54f9107b..714b1342e 100644
--- a/ts/test/types/Settings_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test/types/Settings_test.ts
@@ -130,4 +130,65 @@ describe('Settings', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('isHideMenuBarSupported', () => {
+    context('on macOS', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        sandbox.stub(process, 'platform').value('darwin');
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        sandbox.restore();
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        assert.isFalse(Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported());
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('on Windows', () => {
+      context('version 7', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          sandbox.stub(process, 'platform').value('win32');
+          sandbox.stub(os, 'release').returns('7.0.0');
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+          sandbox.restore();
+        });
+
+        it('should return true', () => {
+          assert.isTrue(Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported());
+        });
+      });
+
+      context('version 8+', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          sandbox.stub(process, 'platform').value('win32');
+          sandbox.stub(os, 'release').returns('8.0.0');
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+          sandbox.restore();
+        });
+
+        it('should return true', () => {
+          assert.isTrue(Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported());
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('on Linux', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        sandbox.stub(process, 'platform').value('linux');
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        sandbox.restore();
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        assert.isTrue(Settings.isHideMenuBarSupported());
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ts/types/Settings.ts b/ts/types/Settings.ts
index 737fad3d3..5231bdf0f 100644
--- a/ts/types/Settings.ts
+++ b/ts/types/Settings.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ export const isAudioNotificationSupported = () =>
 // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/11189
 export const isNotificationGroupingSupported = () =>
   !OS.isWindows() || OS.isWindows(MIN_WINDOWS_VERSION);
+
+// the "hide menu bar" option is specific to Windows and Linux
+export const isHideMenuBarSupported = () => !OS.isMacOS();