{"id":4012,"date":"2021-03-29T07:56:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T07:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1344646"},"modified":"2021-03-29T07:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T07:56:06","slug":"how-to-prevent-unwanted-mac-apps-from-launching-at-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=4012","title":{"rendered":"How to prevent unwanted Mac apps from launching at startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i><span>Welcome to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNW Basics<\/a>, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Every time I restart my Mac, some apps that I rarely use launch automatically, and I have to wait for a bit longer to get started with whatever I wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p>So, I decided to kick those apps out of the startup process to speed things up. Here\u2019s how you can do it tpp:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open System Preferences on your Mac. You can do this through Finder (Cmd + Space) or by clicking on the Apple logo on the menu bar and selecting the System Preferences option.<\/li>\n<li>Go to&nbsp;<em>Users and Groups &gt; Login items.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can remove unwanted apps by selecting them and clicking on the \u201c\u2014 \u201d icon.<\/li>\n<li>If you want an app to start upon login but not show up on the screen, you can check the hide box against it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1344647 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-11.58.29-AM.png\" alt width=\"450\" height=\"364\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-11.58.29-AM.png 450w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-11.58.29-AM-260x210.png 260w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-11.58.29-AM-334x270.png 334w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-11.58.29-AM-167x135.png 167w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/2021\/03\/29\/how-to-prevent-unwanted-mac-apps-from-launching-at-startup\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fbasics%2F2021%2F03%2F29%2Fhow-to-prevent-unwanted-mac-apps-from-launching-at-startup%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Changing startup apps on Mac\" data-title=\"Share Changing startup apps on Mac on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Changing startup apps on Mac on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Changing startup apps on Mac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After making these changes, the next time your restart your system, those&nbsp;apps won\u2019t show up. That means you can start doing the stuff that you want to do in a shorter time.<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re at it, you might want to check our guide for setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/2020\/04\/29\/shutdown-timer-macos-apple\/\">a shutdown timer for your Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/2021\/03\/29\/how-to-prevent-unwanted-mac-apps-from-launching-at-startup\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to&nbsp;TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. 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