Esc button from touchbar has disappeared

Question

After a clean reinstall of OSX Catalina 10.15.2 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018), Esc button from the touchbar has disappeared.

I don't have any 3rd party tool or app installed.

Any idea on how to bring it back ?

mehyaa · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-20 12:54:32Z

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After killing Touch Bar server application it will come back. Just paste the following to terminal and enter your password when asked:

sudo pkill TouchBarServer

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 12:54

mehyaa

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Works great! Do you know why only the esc button disappears?
– Romain Vincent
Commented Mar 13, 2020 at 18:31
I have no idea.
– mehyaa
Commented Mar 15, 2020 at 15:50
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this answer has saved the life of so many tmux sessions! thank you
– Benjamin Chodoroff
Commented May 6, 2020 at 1:07
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Of all the things to mess with, Apple, why the escape key…
– Will
Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 10:13
Did not work for me on the latest available Public Beta 4 of Monterey.
– talha06
Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 16:13

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Leo · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-20 19:36:27Z

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This option got it back on the Fn key, before following @mehyaa's suggestion.

answered Apr 20, 2020 at 19:36

Leo

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