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I cannot remove apps or add them to my Dock. When I click on the app, they're in the options menu: Open at Login and Show in Finder. There is no remove from Dock. I cannot drag the apps out of the Dock (even if they are not active - don't have the dot underneath). Please help.
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11
Here is an update. Thank you all for trying to help me with this. It turns out that it was due to a setting under System Settings->Privacy and Security->Profiles. My profile was set to not be able to modify the dock. I was able to update it so that now my Dock allows adding and removing app icons.
Here is an update. Thank you all for trying to help me with this. It turns out that it was due to a setting under System Settings->Privacy and Security->Profiles. My profile was set to not be able to modify the dock. I was able to update it so that now my Dock allows adding and removing app icons.
As I said in the question, only "Open at Login" and "Show in Finder" appear, not "Remove from Dock". Any idea why it is not there and what I can do to "unlock" the Dock?
I know how to remove an app from the Dock in normal conditions :) However, the dock is not acting that way. The icons do not move when I attempt to drag them away from the dock. I assume it is locked somehow, but I don't see any System Preferences check box to check or uncheck. Perhaps there is an unlock for the Dock command in Terminal. I tried ones I found online, but I think they worked for previous MacOS versions. They don't seem to be recognized by Ventura.
mahongue, Perhaps the dock preferences is corrupted
From the Dock Finder icon menu options click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy past the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.dock.plist file to the Trash
Restart your Mac then try deleting app icons from the Dock.
mahongue wrote:
Here is an update. Thank you all for trying to help me with this. It turns out that it was due to a setting under System Settings->Privacy and Security->Profiles.
System Settings->Privacy and Security->Profiles are usually associated with a Company Computer or a computer enrolled in a Mobile Digital Management Service .
If that is correct - that Very Important Piece of information is crural as this would have explained Why the icon could not be removed from the Dock
MDM ( short term ) for Mobile Digital Management has Total Control on both the Computer and what can and can Not be Done on this computer
My profile was set to not be able to modify the dock. I was able to update it so that now my Dock allows adding and removing app icons.
Right Click or Control Click the icon in the Dock
A Sub Menu should appear like in image below
Choose from the Options Available in the sub menu
On Any Application in my Dock, including the System Setting >>>
Hello mahongue, The delete from the Dock requires a "Deliberate Action" IE moving the Icon further up the screen and holding for second and you should see the "poof" removing it from the dock.
In your case, perhaps using the Terminal command below.
It does No Harm to the computer or Operating System
It will only kill the Dock and re-launch the Dock
The try again
killall Dock
mahongue, Good Job for finding it. I've never set a Profile on my MacBookPro.
I can not add apps to my dock on my iPhone 15 Pro Max
Under settings-privacy and security I do not have a profile option.
how do I find my profile?
i do not have an option for my profile under privacy and security
help
I deleted several apps and was able to drag to Dock and remove from dock again. Good luck!
How did you change that in profiles?
I cannot add or remove apps from the Dock - how do I enable this?
