macOS High Sierra – Remove Startup Arduino CreateAgent

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Recently this application was installed on my Mac.
Now it runs every startup. How can I stop it ?

Tries to solve:

1) search in Login Item of current user – Not found.

2) Not found in /Library/StartUpItems, /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/LaunchAgents

Best Answer

There are instructions on the GitHub page https://github.com/arduino/arduino-create-agent for both completely uninstalling the Arduino Create Multi Platform Agent and for disabling its automatic startup.

You have asked how to do the latter. In brief, from the Finder:

  • Click on the Go menu, and select 'Go to the Folder'
  • Type ~/Library/LaunchAgents and press Enter
  • Select the ArduinoCreateAgent.plist file
  • Right click on the file name and select 'Move to Trash'

Alternatively, using Terminal.app, issue the command

  • launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ArduinoCreateAgent.plist

Using the second method of disabling automatic startup has two benefits: it retains the ability to easily re-enable it should you wish, while also allowing you the ability to start the process manually. To restore automatic startup, issue this command in Terminal:

  • launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ArduinoCreateAgent.plist

To launch the process on a manual "at-will" basis:

  • launchctl start ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ArduinoCreateAgent

    [note that the .plist extension is omitted when using launchctl start]

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