In this guide, we will show you the steps to disable/remove bloatware and debloat macOS Sequoia. The fifteenth iteration of the OS brings in a slew of noteworthy goodies and intriguing features. Some include Apple Intelligence, Window Tiling, Continuity, a new Password app, and under-the-hood changes to numerous apps.
Talking about which, the OS also comes preinstalled with numerous apps, some of which might not even be required in the first place. Therefore, in this guide, we will make you aware of a script that will allow you to remove the desired preinstalled apps from the OS. You can also customize and remove the apps from the script that you want to keep on the system. So without any further ado, let’s get started.
Table of Contents
How to Disable Bloatware/Debloat from macOS Sequoia
Please make sure to go through all the apps once and then remove the apps from the list that you don’t want to disable. Moreover, credits for this script go to b0gdanw on GitHub. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
Disable SIP
Before starting, please disable SIP on your Mac using the below steps:
- To begin with, restart your Mac.
- Press and hold Command+R during startup.
- Then select Utilities > Terminal.
- Now typ ine the below command:
csrutil disable
Disable Bloatware Script
Download the script as a .sh file and run it. That’s it!
TODISABLE=()
TODISABLE+=('com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent' \
'com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent' \
'com.apple.amsengagementd' \
'com.apple.ap.adprivacyd' \
'com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd' \
'com.apple.assistant_service' \
'com.apple.assistantd' \
'com.apple.assistant_cdmd' \
'com.apple.avconferenced' \
'com.apple.BiomeAgent' \
'com.apple.biomesyncd' \
'com.apple.calaccessd' \
'com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.cloudpaird' \
'com.apple.cloudphotod' \
'com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent' \
'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' \
'com.apple.ContextStoreAgent' \
'com.apple.CoreLocationAgent' \
'com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd' \
'com.apple.duetexpertd' \
'com.apple.familycircled' \
'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' \
'com.apple.familynotificationd' \
'com.apple.financed' \
'com.apple.findmy.findmylocateagent' \
'com.apple.followupd' \
'com.apple.gamed' \
'com.apple.generativeexperiencesd' \
'com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge' \
'com.apple.homed' \
'com.apple.icloud.fmfd' \
'com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent' \
'com.apple.icloudmailagent' \
'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent' \
'com.apple.imagent' \
'com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent' \
'com.apple.imtransferagent' \
'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' \
'com.apple.intelligenceflowd' \
'com.apple.intelligencecontextd' \
'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' \
'com.apple.itunescloudd' \
'com.apple.knowledge-agent' \
'com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond' \
'com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent' \
'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' \
'com.apple.Maps.mapssyncd' \
'com.apple.maps.destinationd' \
'com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd' \
'com.apple.modelcatalogd' \
'com.apple.naturallanguaged' \
'com.apple.newsd' \
'com.apple.parsec-fbf' \
'com.apple.parsecd' \
'com.apple.passd' \
'com.apple.photoanalysisd' \
'com.apple.photolibraryd' \
'com.apple.progressd' \
'com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing' \
'com.apple.quicklook' \
'com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper' \
'com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent' \
'com.apple.rapportd-user' \
'com.apple.remindd' \
'com.apple.routined' \
'com.apple.screensharing.agent' \
'com.apple.screensharing.menuextra' \
'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' \
'com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent' \
'com.apple.SSInvitationAgent' \
'com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3' \
'com.apple.sharingd' \
'com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay' \
'com.apple.sidecar-relay' \
'com.apple.Siri.agent' \
'com.apple.macos.studentd' \
'com.apple.siriknowledged' \
'com.apple.suggestd' \
'com.apple.tipsd' \
'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' \
'com.apple.TMHelperAgent' \
'com.apple.triald' \
'com.apple.universalaccessd' \
'com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.videosubscriptionsd' \
'com.apple.weatherd')
for agent in "${TODISABLE[@]}"
do
launchctl bootout gui/501/${agent}
launchctl disable gui/501/${agent}
done
# system
TODISABLE=()
TODISABLE+=('com.apple.backupd' \
'com.apple.backupd-helper' \
'com.apple.biomed' \
'com.apple.biometrickitd' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.coreduetd' \
'com.apple.dhcp6d' \
'com.apple.familycontrols' \
'com.apple.findmymac' \
'com.apple.findmymacmessenger' \
'com.apple.ftp-proxy' \
'com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd' \
'com.apple.locationd' \
'com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd' \
'com.apple.netbiosd' \
'com.apple.rapportd' \
'com.apple.screensharing' \
'com.apple.siriinferenced' \
'com.apple.triald.system' \
'com.apple.wifianalyticsd')
for daemon in "${TODISABLE[@]}"
do
sudo launchctl bootout system/${daemon}
sudo launchctl disable system/${daemon}
done
macOS Launch Agents and Launch Daemons Launch Agents /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent.plist MotionTrackingAgent – Motion Tracking Launch Agent /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent.plist AMPArtworkAgent – The artwork agent for Music.app, TV.app, and iOS/iPod device syncing /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent.plist AMPLibraryAgent – The media library agent for Music.app and TV.app. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_cdmd.plist assistant_cdmd, CDM/NLX Daemon – daemon handles Natural Langauge Understanding tasks for Siri and other internal Apple teams. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.adprivacyd.plist adprivacyd – advertising privacy services daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_service.plist com.apple.siri.execution_service /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistantd.plist assistantd – Siri Daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.avconferenced.plist /usr/libexec/avconferenced com.apple.videoconference.camera /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.BiomeAgent.plist BiomeAgent – Biome operation graph execution launch agent /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.biomesyncd.plist biomesyncd – data synchronization daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.calaccessd.plist CalendarDaemon.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist CallHistory.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudd.plist cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudpaird.plist cloudpaird – cloudpaird daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudphotod.plist cloudphotod is the iCloud Photos agent. It is responsible for all iCloud Photos activity. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent.plist Cloud Settings Sync Agent /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CommCenter-osx.plist CoreTelephony.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CoreLocationAgent.plist CoreLocationAgent – manages location authorization prompts /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd.plist dataaccessd is the calendar sync process. It is used by the system to sync calendar data with calendar servers. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.duetexpertd.plist duetexpertd powers personalized system experiences. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycircled.plist FamilyCircle.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycontrols.useragent.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.FamilyControlsAgent.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familynotificationd.plist FamilyNotification.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.financed.plist financed – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.followupd.plis CoreFollowUp.framework Notification = "com.apple.mobile.keybagd.lock_status" /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist GameCenterFoundation.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.generativeexperiencesd.plist generativeexperiencesd – A daemon that powers generative experience. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge.plist GeoServices.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.homed.plist homed is a daemon that manages home state and controls HomeKit accessories. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist fmfd is the daemon for Find My Friends /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent.plist iCloudNotification.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications.plist AOSAccounts.framework iCloudUserNotificationsd.app /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent.plist searchpartyuseragent – icloud searchparty user agent /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imagent.plist IMCore.framework iChat /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent.plist IMDPersistence.framework IMAutomaticHistoryDeletionAgent.app /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imtransferagent.plist IMTransferServices.framework IMTransferAgent.app /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceflowd.plist intelligenceflowd – A daemon that manages sessions for intelligence services. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligencecontextd.plist intelligencecontextd – This is a daemon that retrieves contextual information from various sources. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.itunescloudd.plist music-subscription-status-service playactivity /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledge-agent.plist siri suggestions /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond.plist knowledgeconstructiond – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build a general purpose knowledge graph. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.naturallanguaged.plist naturallanguaged – System post editing daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist The ManagedClientAgent -- Device enrollment and ManagedClient process notification daemon process handles device enrollment and other ManagedClient related process notifications. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist mapspushd - Maps application services daemon /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.modelcatalogd.plist modelcatalogd – A daemon that stores base models and adapters. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd.plist mstreamd is the photo stream agent. It is responsible for My Photo Stream and Shared Albums for Photos. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.newsd.plist NewsDaemon.framework /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsec-fbf.plist parsec-fbf is responsible for periodic flush and upload of Siri Search analytics data. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsecd.plist parsecd – Support daemon for Siri Search /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.passd.plist passd – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photoanalysisd.plist photoanalysisd is the photo library analysis agent. It handles background processing of photo librariesfor Memories, People and scene or object based search. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photolibraryd.plist photolibraryd is the photo library agent. It handles all photo library requests. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.progressd.plist progressd is the ClassKit sync agent. It handles syncing classes, class members, student handouts and progress data between student and teacher managed Apple Accounts. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing.plist ProtectedCloudKeySyncing manages backup and syncing of encrypted PCS keys to CloudKit. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent.plist QuickLook /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rapportd-user.plist rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.remindd.plist com.apple.alarm com.apple.locationd-events /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.routined.plist routined – A daemon that learns the historical location patterns of a user. routined is a per-user daemon that learns historical location patterns of a user and predicts future visits to locations. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.agent.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.menuextra.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent.plist ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent.plist ScreenTimeAgent supports the Screen Time feature. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3.plist CloudKeychainProxy part of iCloud keychain syncing /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sharingd.plist sharingd – Sharing Daemon that enables AirDrop, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Shared Computers, and Remote Disc in the Finder. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-relay.plist SidecarDisplayAgent – Sidecar Virtual Display Service SidecarDisplayAgent provides virtual display service. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Siri.agent.plist Siri com.apple.siri.activation com.apple.siri.invoke /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.macos.studentd.plist studentd – Classroom's student control agent. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriknowledged.plist com.apple.siri.conversation_context_module com.apple.siriknowledged.vocabulary.admin /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.suggestd.plist suggestd – daemon that processes user content in order to detect contacts, events, named entities, etc. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.tipsd.plist com.apple.language.changed com.apple.mobile.keybagd.first_unlock /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist callservicesd is the system daemon responsible for maintaining call state. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.TMHelperAgent.plist TimeMachine /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.triald.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.universalaccessd.plist universalaccessd provides universal access services. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent.plist UsageTrackingAgent monitors and reports limits set by Screen Time. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.videosubscriptionsd.plist com.apple.VideoSubscriberAccount.AnalyticsService /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.weatherd.plist WeatherDaemon.framework Launch Daemons /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-helper.plist backupd – Time Machine backup daemon /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biomed.plist biomed – Biome operation graph execution daemon biomed accepts downstream subscriptions for real time event processing. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biometrickitd.plist biometrickitd provides support for biometric operations. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.cloudd.plist cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.coreduetd.plist com.apple.coreduetd.knowledge com.apple.coreduetd.people com.apple.proactive.SuggestionRequest /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dhcp6d.plist dhcp6d is a stateless DHCPv6 server used by the InternetSharing(8) service. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymacmessenger.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymac.plist FindMyMac.framework /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ftp-proxy.plist ftp-proxy – Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy server /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd.plist gamecontrollerd arbitrates access to hardware game controllers amongst apps using the GameController framework. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.plist findmydeviced is the daemon for Find My Mac. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locationd.plist locationd obtains geographic location and manages the authorization for apps, daemons and widgets that request location updates. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd.plist cloudconfigurationd assists in helping install client Device Enrollment profiles. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist netbiosd is responsible for interacting with NetBIOS networks. netbiosd registers and defends one or more NetBIOS name, depending on the set of configured services. It also browses and scavenges names from the NetBIOS network, making them available to the system through mDNSResponder. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.rapportd.plist rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session. /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriinferenced.plist com.apple.sirisuggestions /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.triald.system.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.wifianalyticsd.plist com.apple.wifianalyticsd
Where are the Modifications Saved
The modifications that you carried out [disabling bloatware] will be written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist. So just open this file and you’ll get a hold of all the bloatware apps that you have disabled on your Mac.
How to Re-Enable Bloatware on Mac Sequoia
If you wish to revert the changes, then delete the /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist files and reboot your Mac. After that, type in sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/* in the Terminal window and restart Mac once again.
That’s it. These were the steps to disable/remove bloatware and debloat macOS Sequoia. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
