This will come in handy if you want to revert your Dock icons back to the way they were before you ran the second script of this post.
#Remove apps from mac dock code#
These following two lines of AppleScript code will copy your current file to your Desktop. It would probably be wise to backup your "" file first. The same premise can be use on these keys as well, substituting persistent-others or recent-apps for persistent-apps in the defaults delete. Then with macOS Mojave there is recent-apps which shows between the two aforementioned sections (by key name) on the Dock. There are also additional items that can show on the Dock, the first being the default persistent-others, which has the Downloads stack and other items you've added to that section. Note: In your OP you stated "I'm trying to remove (all) items from the dock." and the code you've presented only focuses on the apps stored under the persistent-apps key. If for some reason you need to do this with AppleScript, you can use the do shell script command to run these shell commands. If later you want to restore the backup, use the following compound command: cd ~/Library/Preferences rm cp -a .bak killall Dock Now to remove the persistent apps, use the following compound command: defaults delete persistent-apps killall Dock In Terminal, do the following to first backup the target file: Here is a much more straight forwards approach to removing the persistent apps on the Dock found in the persistent-apps key of the file: Set end of dockAppsList to |file-label| of |tile-data| of thisRecordĪs an alternative. Repeat with thisRecord in persistentAppsList Set persistentAppsList to |persistent-apps| of pListItems Set plistContents to contents of property list file plistpath set plistpath to (path to preferences folder as text) & ""
#Remove apps from mac dock how to#
I think I'm misunderstanding how to convert "thisRecord" into something I can reference within system events. I would guess that referencing the current item of the list inside the loop would be done with "thisRecord". What I'd like to do is tweak the above code to operate inside of a loop. This stack overflow question seems to cover how to get the list. Tell UI element "Launchpad" of list 1 of process "Dock"Ĭlick menu item "Remove from Dock" of menu 1īut I'd like to pull the list of current items and iterate over them. I can remove them by name like so: tell application "System Events" This will save you a lot of time you would otherwise spend looking for the right icon.I'm trying to remove (all) items from the dock. You will only have the shortcuts to apps and docs you use often. Once you get rid of all the unwanted icons from your Dock, it will feel much more useful. Remember to regularly remove unused icons from the Dock. You can use either of these options to remove icons from the Dock and make it nice and tidy once more. Select Remove from Dock and the icon will be gone.You will see a dropdown menu, and you should choose Options.Move your mouse cursor to the icon on the Dock you want to delete, and right-click on it.Here is how you can use the Dock menu to do it: You can actually remove icons from the Dock in macOS without clicking and dragging them. Release the mouse and the icon will vanish from the Dock.Īlternative Method for Removing Icons from Dock in macOS.You will be prompted whether you want to remove the icon.Click on the desired icon and drag it away from the Dock, anywhere on the desktop.Close the app or document you want to remove from the Dock.
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