When I start up iMac, Chrome automatically opens. How do I make it stop?

The solution is here: Mac OS X: Setting up Login, Startup items - Apple Support

What I did was, even thought Google Chrome was not listed at "Login items" (System Preferences -> User & Groups -> "Login items" tab), is that I added "Google Chrome" or "Chrome", to the "Login items" list, logged off and then back in again; then I removed "Google Chrome" from the "Login items" list, logged back out and in again and got the results I desired. As easy as 1, 2, 3; hehe. 🙂

I was having the same problem and this video helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZeGwtrwGI

SYSTEM PREFERENCES

USERS

LOGIN

Delete what you don't want starting up!

Try this.

From your dock right-click on the Google Chrome link.

Pick Options.

'Uncheck' Open at Login.

Yea this has been driving me crazy and if you look through Chromes help pages it is no where in there. This did work for me to and I am like duh why didn't I look there but in these situations I always look at the preferences in the particular app and then my system preferences. I didn't even think to right click the icon in the dock because I never use that contextual menu. So thanks whoever it was that figured this out. Finger up to Google for being sneaky! Oh and the same goes for Google music. I tried the trial thing and didn't like it so I have been trying to get rid of that to. It seems you have to get rid of everything before that ******* will go away.

Google wants to track everything you do & know everything on your computer, I refuse to use Chrome for that reason.

Yea but it is nice to have so you can check if things look right in different browsers and since Chrome is becoming one of the most used I have to have it. I do agree with that sentiment and wish I didn't feel the need to have it. I tried using Chrome but just don't like it. The extensions are a pain and most are just Hijackers.

You can test a page in all browsers at once...

http://browsershots.org/

You can also test your page here...

http://validator.w3.org/

To stop Chrome from opening at startup, click & hold on the Chrome icon in the menubar & deselect "open at login".

yyes but it keeps changing it self if you do not change in settings for the chrome app it self.

Thank you!! Such an easy fix! Guess Chrome puts itself there 😉

This happened to me as well, and it was so annoying. Go to Apple icon - System Preferences - Users and Groups - and make sure you UNCHECK Google Chrome. 🙂

I thought I had this Google music player thing under control but it is back I have tried everything everywhere( sys pref. on my machine and they're site and nothing helps, the app bass been trashed) to get this thing to stop starting up when I boot. Any suggestions?

Just absolutely ANNOYING that Google does that! Idiots....they just assume that everyone wants to have an app popped on login! That stuff totally ticks me off....Thanks for all the posts tho, if we don't help ourselves, Google certainly will not!

Well, Chrome tracks everything you do, so of course they'd want it running all the time! 😟