Hello,
Couple apps keep opining at start up even after I disabled them from the login items by going to:
System Settings -> General - > Login Items. then click the minus to remove them from the list.
now my login items is empty but, there is couple apps keep open at start up.
my Os is Ventura 13.2.1
Any advice?
I know this is an old thread, but since I see some recent posts in here, figured I throw this in to help. Not sure why this information isn't more readily available online but instead just talk about login items. Also don't know why apple doesn't provide a prefpane to manage them.
There are 3 places to look for startup apps like you're talking about.
/Library/LaunchAgents
<user>/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Remove the *.plist files for any apps that you don't want to auto-start.
I highly recommend backing up these folders before deleting anything out of them. There are several apps that require a background process and removing it from here will prevent that app from functioning correctly.
You will also notice some other LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons folders out there if you search for them in Finder. I'd recommend not messing with any of those. As far as I've ever noticed those are all Apple internal stuff.
Thank you very much, your suggestion worked.
Thanks MySCGoToGuy. This FORCE QUIT worked for me
Sorry, what does "opened but not opened" mean? None of my apps in the dock say this in their menus.
Sorry. Doesn't work when "Open at Login" as option is not checked yet the app opens anyway.
I found this remedy using AI. It worked!
• Go to the Apple menu () > Shut Down.
• Before clicking “Shut Down,” make sure “Reopen windows when logging back in” is unchecked.
• Shut down your Mac and then start it up again to see if the apps still reopen.
Spotify is one such app you have to change in it's preferences.
How to Stop Apps from Opening at Startup on Mac in macOS Ventura
