The split screen option on my Mac is driving me crazy. Is there a way for me to permanently disable that option? I really hate it!!
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Original Title: Deleting split screen option!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.8
You cannot completely delete Apple's core Split View or window tiling code from macOS, but you can stop windows from accidentally snapping or splitting by turning off edge-dragging and tile features in your System Settings
Turn Off Automatic Window Tiling (macOS Sequoia and Later)
If windows snap into a split screen when you drag them near the edges, disable the drag-to-tile feature:
You cannot completely delete Apple's core Split View or window tiling code from macOS, but you can stop windows from accidentally snapping or splitting by turning off edge-dragging and tile features in your System Settings
Turn Off Automatic Window Tiling (macOS Sequoia and Later)
If windows snap into a split screen when you drag them near the edges, disable the drag-to-tile feature:
Since it is not clear what specific model Mac you have, its difficult to know what version of MacOC you can upgrade to. In the meantime, this is a link to the online user guide, which might help: Mac User Guide - Apple Support
Thank you so much, but those options weren't available in my system settings?
That's weird, I checked in my system settings before posting this reply and for me they are there. Are you running an older version of macOS? I am on macOS 26.6.1
Oh goodness. I'm running Sonoma 14.8.7!
How to permanently disable split screen option on Mac?
