# Stop Julia from opening at login

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 29, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842 "2019-06-29T17:01:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rverdier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rverdier/32/9104_2.png) [@rverdier](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rverdier)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842/1 "2019-06-29T17:01:38Z")

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On Mac OS 10.14.3, whenever I log in, Julia opens. Since I don’t want that, I clicked the ‘open at login’ option for Julia in the dock. Now it opens TWO copies whenever I log in. There are lots of solutions on the Web, which tell me to click on non-existent tabs or modify Library files that turn out to be empty. I would be grateful for a real solution.

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**Author:** ![aharoun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aharoun/32/6887_2.png) [@aharoun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aharoun)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842/2 "2019-06-29T19:59:53Z")

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May be I am misunderstanding this but

- go to `System Preferences` then `Users&Groups`
- click on `Login Items`
- remove Julia from the list.

should normally do the trick.

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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842/3 "2019-06-29T20:15:38Z")

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Has this always happened since you installed Julia? This isn’t normal behavior, so perhaps something you did caused this to start happening?

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**Author:** ![rverdier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rverdier/32/9104_2.png) [@rverdier](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rverdier)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842/4 "2019-06-30T14:14:08Z")

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Thanks. The problem apparently had to do with administrator privileges, and now what you suggested works.

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**Author:** ![rverdier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rverdier/32/9104_2.png) [@rverdier](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rverdier)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-from-opening-at-login/25842/5 "2019-06-30T14:14:46Z")

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Always. Fixed now, thanks.