# \u26a1Tired of that annoying sand texture in the hotbar?<\/p>\n
I suddenly noticed that the default **Minecraft hotbar has a pixelated sand texture hidden in its semi-transparent background**, and I couldn’t unsee it.<\/p>\n
It drove me crazy, so I decided to jump into Paint.NET and fix it myself. This simple resource pack removes that annoying pixel noise, replacing it with a completely **smooth**, **flat**, and **clean** _**vanilla-style**_ gray background.<\/p>\n
### \ud83d\udd0d Side-by-Side Comparison
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\n*(Look closely at the background of the hotbar slots against the dark blocks)*
\n* **Vanilla:** Annoying pixelated, grainy texture inherited from old sand sprites, puff who would enjoy that.
\n* **Smooth Hotbar:** Clean, matte, chad and uniform solid gray. Pure visual peace like a real sigma. (please help)<\/p>\n
### \ud83c\udfaf Features
\n* **100% Faithful Layout:** Keeps the exact same borders, icons, and native dimensions. No weird redesigns for PVP or something similar.
\n* **Noise Reduction:** Eradicates the old sand pattern from your HUD entirely.
\n* **Performance Friendly:** Extremely lightweight. It won’t affect your FPS at all, because It’s just two textures I mean- YES LIGHTWEIGHT.<\/p>\n
### \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f How to Install
\n1. Download the .zip file.
\n2. Open Minecraft and go to **Options > Resource Packs > Open Pack Folder**.
\n3. Drag and drop the downloaded file inside.
\n4. Activate it by moving it to the right column and press **Done**!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vanilla hotbar without the annoying noise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":144100,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"smooth-hotbar","_minecraft_project_id":"6TxmeZ1F","_minecraft_author":"MrToons","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":12,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"smooth-hotbar.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":10879,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T12:16:09.458200Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-05-15T21:40:34.871607Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-14T05:44:24.044670Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/smooth-hotbar","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":144100,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-08T14:33:19+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"726842d58165fa359f9ff44b27988f6f","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[32,5,6,61,8],"mod_loader":[9],"minecraft_version":[41,83],"class_list":["post-144099","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-16x","mod_category-gui","mod_category-minecraft","mod_category-simplistic","mod_category-vanilla-like","mod_loader-minecraft","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-26-1"],"yoast_head":"\n