Manage auto start apps and services on macOSManage auto start apps and services on macOSManage auto start apps and services on macOS

There are two ways apps and services may start automatically on macOS:

• Apps in the user's login items list.
• Services and daemons in the launchd system.

Manage Login Items

1. Open System Preferences.
2. Click on Users & Groups.
3. Click on Login Items.
4. Select the app that you want to remove from auto start.
5. Click on the minus button (-) to remove the app from the list.

Manage launchd

1. Open the Terminal.
2. Type the following command:

To Find What Services are Running at Startup

launchctl list

Remove Service from launchd

launchctl remove "<app_name>"

To Find What Apps are Set to Run at Startup

ls -l ~/Library/LaunchAgents