Every time you switch on or restart your Mac, some programs start running automatically. Over time, as the number of these programs increases, you may notice your system starts to slow down. Thankfully, this is easy to fix. We explain how to change which programs start automatically on macOS as well as how to remove them completely.
Use the setting in the log out or restart dialog
- The UserName and GroupName keys are the names of the user and group of the user you want to run TeamViewer as - otherwise it will run as root, which is a bad idea. In the long term you will probably want to create a single-purpose user to run it; alternatively put your own (short) user name as the user. Unless you have particular groups set up (if you don't know, then you probably haven't.
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When you log out of your Mac or restart it, deselect ”Reopen windows when logging back in” when prompted.
Or start up in safe mode, then restart normally. This doesn't change the setting, but your Mac forgets any windows that were open the last time you logged out or restarted.
If you deselect this setting and an app continues to open automatically:
- The app might be a login item. You can add or remove login items in Users & Groups preferences.
- The app might have installed its own startup software. Often this is controlled by a setting within the app. Check the app's preferences or documentation, or contact the app's developer.
Use the setting in General preferences
To prevent apps from remembering the windows they had open, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click General, then select ”Close windows when quitting an app.”
Or press and hold the Shift key while opening an app. This doesn't change the setting, but the app forgets any windows that were open the last time you quit the app.
If these steps don't work for an app, the app might have its own setting for reopening windows. Check the app's preferences or documentation, or contact the app's developer.
Microsoft shared info on how Edge users can prevent the web browser from launching automatically after they log into their Windows account by tweaking the system's Sign-in setting for automatically restarting apps on logon.
'If you don't want Microsoft Edge to start when you sign in to Windows, you can change this in Windows Settings,' the company says in a Microsoft Edge support document published earlier this week.
Different fix for different Windows 10 versions
To do that, Edge users with devices running Windows 10 2004 will have to open the Setting app from the Start menu, go to Accounts > Sign-in options and toggle off the 'Automatically save my restartable apps when I sign out and restart them after I sign in.' option under 'Restart apps'.
Customers with devices running older Windows 10 versions have a different option named 'Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart' under 'Privacy', an option that will also prevent Edge from automatically starting up on sign-in if disabled.
The instructions were published following an investigation carried out by Redmond's Edge development team regarding a known issue impacting the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser would automatically launch itself on Windows startup even if it wasn't added by users to the auto-start list.
'We've heard from our community that some versions of Microsoft Edge are automatically launching whenever users start their PCs and log into Windows, regardless of their selection in edge://settings/onStartup,' Microsoft community manager Fawkes Serafinski said at the time.
Rolling out automatically
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Microsoft announced in early-June that the Chromium-based Edge web browser started rolling out automatically via Windows Update to all customers with devices running Windows 10 1803 or later.
As part of this automated roll-out, the new Edge is replacing the legacy Edge web browser and it cannot be removed once installed.
'The current version of Microsoft Edge will be hidden from UX surfaces in the OS. This includes settings, applications, and any file or protocol support dialog boxes,' Microsoft explained at the time.
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Any 'attempts to start the current version of Microsoft Edge will redirect to the new Microsoft Edge.' Redmond also said that user data from earlier Edge versions will be automatically migrated to the new Edge.