Default macOS apps coming back to Dock after restart

[testuser3130]

I have this problem since Sierra, but it's annoying lately. I removed Photos, News, Siri etc. apps from the dock. But When I restart my mac they keep coming back. What should I do? any suggestion to fix this?

 

[iStorm]

I don't know if this will work, but might be worth trying to restore the dock to the defaults and then remove the apps from it. https://www.defaults-write.com/reset-mac-dock-default/

 

[testuser3130]

I don't know if this will work, but might be worth trying to restore the dock to the defaults and then remove the apps from it. https://www.defaults-write.com/reset-mac-dock-default/

Nope. That's not my issue

 

[DeltaMac]

Does your dock restore to defaults when you restart?
What I am asking is: Do icons for any NON-macOS apps that you add to the dock, then disappear from the dock after a restart?

 

[testuser3130]

Does your dock restore to defaults when you restart?
What I am asking is: Do icons for any NON-macOS apps that you add to the dock, then disappear from the dock after a restart?

They come back after the restart even though I deleted them from the dock.

 

[J.Gallardo]

Could it be iCloud sync? Desktop, Documents... even System Preferences are iCloud tied by default...

 

[DeltaMac]

Same question, re-phrased:
If you change the Dock (add another non-Mac icon), does the Dock revert to original defaults after a restart (and icons that you have added are gone from the dock?)

 

[iStorm]

Nope. That's not my issue

Right, I know that article isn't about your issue. I probably should have explained it. If your defaults are coming back after restart, maybe something is corrupted with your dock settings file. So I was curious if deleting the settings would regenerate a correct one where you could remove the icons and have the change persist. Not sure if you tried that or not anyway. DeltaMac has a great question too. Do 3rd party apps stay in the dock after restart, or are they removed?

 

[GigabitEthernet]

It is Recent Apps. Turn it off from System Preferences > Dock.

 

[DeadeyeM]

Just to a clean install dude

 

[testuser3130]

It is Recent Apps. Turn it off from System Preferences > Dock.

It's not recent apps. I turned it off already
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Just to a clean install dude

What are you talking about, this is new MacBook
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Right, I know that article isn't about your issue. I probably should have explained it. If your defaults are coming back after restart, maybe something is corrupted with your dock settings file. So I was curious if deleting the settings would regenerate a correct one where you could remove the icons and have the change persist. Not sure if you tried that or not anyway. DeltaMac has a great question too. Do 3rd party apps stay in the dock after restart, or are they removed?

This is something happened with work mac too. I have this complaint for long time.
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Could it be iCloud sync? Desktop, Documents... even System Preferences are iCloud tied by default...

I don't think so

 

[DeltaMac]

Same question (from post #7 above) -
If you add (non-Apple/third party app) icons to your dock, do those new icons also disappear from your dock after you restart?
Another way to ask this: Does your dock return to original defaults every time you restart?

 

[testuser3130]

Same question (from post #7 above) -
If you add (non-Apple/third party app) icons to your dock, do those new icons also disappear from your dock after you restart?
Another way to ask this: Does your dock return to original defaults every time you restart?

1. 3rd party icons stay in dock even after the restart as expected.
2. No, initially I had 5-7 default icons and deleted those. Every time I restart photos, news, Siri icons come back