Safari cannot be removed from my dock

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aadrianita Author

Level 1

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Safari cannot be removed from my dock

Hello!

I "quit" the Safari application and it disappears from my dock but as soon as I restart or shut down it is back again.

I tried the following:

1. Dragging the icon out of the dock until it says REMOVE.

2. Right Clicked and selected QUIT.

3. Checked if Open at StartUp was on (it's not).

The right click menu does not show the Remove from Dock option.

Whenever I turn the computer back on the Safari Icon appears to be working (With the little grey dot underneath it).

I don't use Safari and I guess it's just a quirk of mine, but I can't stand having the icon there if I don't need it.

Hope you can help.

MacBook Air

Posted on Jan 22, 2017 12:28 PM

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Answer 1

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tygb

Level 9

64,588 points

Jan 25, 2017 3:45 AM in response to aadrianita

Right click on safari icon in the dock > click on options > if you tick keep in dock the setting is memorised even you restart or shut down the machine .

If you don't want the safari icon to be permanent in the dock , uncheck ( how to uncheck click once on keep in dock the right tick will go away ) and tick the " NONE " option only .

When you restart the machine safari icon will not be seen .

it means only " NONE " must be have right tick .

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Answer 2

dominic23

Level 10

83,904 points

Jan 22, 2017 1:04 PM in response to aadrianita

Remove it from login items list.

Section: Add or remove automatic items

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25590?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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