HOW TO Tame startup items

1 Remove login items

Click on the  menu and choose System Preferences. Click on Users & Groups and select the user whose login items you want to manage. Click Login Items. Check the box next to the item you want to remove and click ‘–‘.

2 Add login items

You can make any app, document, folder, or server connection open automatically when you login. In System Preferences > Users & Groups > User > Login Items, click ‘+’, navigate to the item and click Add.

3 Hide login items

If you want to launch an item at login but don’t want its window to be visible, select it in System Preferences > Users & Groups > User > Login Items and check the box next to Hide. Note: you can’t hide servers in Finder.