topic Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop in Desktop (Mac)

How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

am41077 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:43:56 GMT

Hi, I selected "Don't open automatically" on the setting. However, whenever I start up the desktop, the Spotify app still open automatically, how can I stop it?????

In addition, I already restart Spotify manytimes for upgraded version, the message still keep popping out, what can I do?

I've highlighted both problem marked in red arrow!

I am using OS X Yosemite 10.10.2

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

MattSuda — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 15:28:28 GMT

Go to login items in the Mac settings and see if Spotify is there. If so remove it.

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_remove_startup_items_os_x

System Preferences > Users & Groups. Once there, click your username, and then click on the Login Items tab.

Here, you can see all of the items that you've selected to launch at startup. To remove an item, select it in the list, and then click on the minus (-) button.

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

am41077 — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:17:37 GMT

Thank you so much MattSuda, the problem is solved, you're a genius 😄

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

MattSuda — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:18:02 GMT

You're welcome 😃

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

amatrade — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:10:53 GMT

Same problem here. The "preference way" didn't solve it at all. After deleting Spotify from startup items and starting/closing the App – whop! the startup item is back!

In addition: After disabling the automatic start in Spotify's prefs I logged out and quitted Spotify. The system prefs were showing no "Spotify" entry (which was new!). Woohoo! – But next time starting Spotify and loggin in the Spotify prefs showed "Minimal" again …

What a bother!

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

hnschneider — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:04:36 GMT

if you dont want to do all that, you can easily pop up this menu and click options and then unlick "open at login"

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

kesabeth — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:25:17 GMT

I'm having the same issue with Windows 10 - pretty rude in my opinion,

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

Louphenou — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:26:21 GMT

Thanks Matt. Irksome little problem solved in an instant. Has prompted me to purge other unnecessary items from Users and Groups.

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

JacobPintle — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:54:33 GMT

Thaaaaanks! I had several days trying to find this! Thanks 🙂

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

Bieeel9 — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:21:13 GMT

Thank you very much! 🙂

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

jdriesen — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:39:56 GMT

I made the changes in System preferences and in Spotify, but the program still opens up every time I log in. It's really annoying. How can I stop this, please?

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

JacobPintle — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:54:57 GMT

I did it in System Preferences - Users & groups , select my user, and in the login items, I removed Spotify.

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

jdriesen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 01:03:42 GMT

I tried that several times. It didn’t work for me.

Re: How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

Telms — Fri, 25 May 2018 17:20:18 GMT

Yeah, that option isn't even selected and it stills opens automatically, and I can find nothing in the preferences to turn it off.