How to prevent apps from adding themselves to Login Items

This is becoming quite an issue. Figma and Microsoft products (Sharepoint specifically) continue to add themselves automatically to Login Items. I delete from Login Items. I remove them from the dock. I remove them from running in the background, and, yet, each time I start them, they add themselves to Login Items.


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Mac mini, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 4, 2025 2:53 PM

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Feb 4, 2025 6:58 PM in response to Darlinghurst

Modern Login Agents are built into the app itself and simply register with the OS (which is when they show up in Login Items). The controls for whether the app starts automatically on login (and registers) should be in the application's own preferences.


Microsoft tends to play poorly in this sense because it actually has multiple "Login Items" - one for checking for activation/licensing, one for checking for updates, one for One Drive that is separate from other Office products...not sure about the other one you mentioned, though.

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