diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 763a387ed..da20c2124 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     @IBOutlet private var menuFind: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuFindNext: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuFindPrevious: NSMenuItem?
+    @IBOutlet private var menuHideFindBar: NSMenuItem?
 
     @IBOutlet private var menuToggleVisibility: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuToggleFullScreen: NSMenuItem?
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
index ce6f5a0cb..3e1084cd7 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                 <outlet property="menuFindParent" destination="cE3-Bt-FcH" id="2dc-ok-hgH"/>
                 <outlet property="menuFindPrevious" destination="1hd-2Z-wVm" id="sSo-wO-2MW"/>
                 <outlet property="menuFloatOnTop" destination="uRj-7z-1Nh" id="94n-o9-Jol"/>
+                <outlet property="menuHideFindBar" destination="xzC-AG-HAc" id="HCo-o6-VWv"/>
                 <outlet property="menuIncreaseFontSize" destination="CIH-ey-Z6x" id="hkc-9C-80E"/>
                 <outlet property="menuMoveSplitDividerDown" destination="Zj7-2W-fdF" id="997-LL-nlN"/>
                 <outlet property="menuMoveSplitDividerLeft" destination="wSR-ny-j1a" id="HCZ-CI-2ob"/>
@@ -271,6 +272,13 @@
                                                 <action selector="findPrevious:" target="-1" id="Zvs-bs-ZR4"/>
                                             </connections>
                                         </menuItem>
+                                        <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="KlV-2C-wYr"/>
+                                        <menuItem title="Hide Find Bar" id="xzC-AG-HAc">
+                                            <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
+                                            <connections>
+                                                <action selector="findHide:" target="-1" id="hGP-K9-yN9"/>
+                                            </connections>
+                                        </menuItem>
                                     </items>
                                 </menu>
                             </menuItem>
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
index d0cea43f5..9104e61ff 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
@@ -1124,6 +1124,10 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
     @IBAction func findPrevious(_ sender: Any) {
         focusedSurface?.findNext(sender)
     }
+    
+    @IBAction func findHide(_ sender: Any) {
+        focusedSurface?.findHide(sender)
+    }
 
     @objc func resetTerminal(_ sender: Any) {
         guard let surface = focusedSurface?.surface else { return }
@@ -1148,3 +1152,15 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
         }
     }
 }
+
+extension BaseTerminalController: NSMenuItemValidation {
+    func validateMenuItem(_ item: NSMenuItem) -> Bool {
+        switch item.action {
+        case #selector(findHide):
+            return focusedSurface?.searchState != nil
+
+        default:
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
index 4de0336ce..e1a98e598 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
@@ -1403,8 +1403,8 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController, TabGroupCloseCoordinator.Contr
 
 // MARK: NSMenuItemValidation
 
-extension TerminalController: NSMenuItemValidation {
-    func validateMenuItem(_ item: NSMenuItem) -> Bool {
+extension TerminalController {
+    override func validateMenuItem(_ item: NSMenuItem) -> Bool {
         switch item.action {
         case #selector(returnToDefaultSize):
             guard let window else { return false }
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ extension TerminalController: NSMenuItemValidation {
             return true
 
         default:
-            return true
+            return super.validateMenuItem(item)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index d70cc9654..f431fdf6d 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -1494,6 +1494,14 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 AppDelegate.logger.warning("action failed action=\(action)")
             }
         }
+        
+        @IBAction func findHide(_ sender: Any?) {
+            guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
+            let action = "search:"
+            if (!ghostty_surface_binding_action(surface, action, UInt(action.count))) {
+                AppDelegate.logger.warning("action failed action=\(action)")
+            }
+        }
 
         @IBAction func splitRight(_ sender: Any) {
             guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
@@ -1967,6 +1975,9 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSMenuItemValidation {
             let pb = NSPasteboard.ghosttySelection
             guard let str = pb.getOpinionatedStringContents() else { return false }
             return !str.isEmpty
+            
+        case #selector(findHide):
+            return searchState != nil
 
         default:
             return true