ROOT: Remove statusbar.apk completely?

is this possible without crashing the device? when i am browsing all apps within ROM Toolbox Pro, i noticed one called 'status bar'. if i remove this, would it just hide the bar or would it crash the phone? i am sick of it because i keep having to hit 'clear all' to unclutter it and i prefer app badges and i am using them right now, but i still get icon clutter (in the form of multiple Gmail new message icons, two G+ icons, an icon for severe weather from WeatherBug, etc. i hate clutter!). i understand i won't have things like signal or battery but i can get that through a widget. i am running Gingerbread on my phone so i don't have to worry about losing softkeys.

 

I have ROM toolbox pro which does the same thing I'll see if that works thanks

 

Worked perfectly! And no blank band in apps, either, they all display in full screen as if the bar never existed in the first place

 

I think it only works in Gingerbread. I checked my jelly bean tablet and there isn't a separate apk for status bar, they consolidated it into system ui which just kernel panics if closed. Besides if you lose the status bar you lose soft keys too so if you lack capacitive or physical buttons you can't close or switch between things