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evgenypyvovarov
New Member
May 18, 2023

Stop automatically adding FigmaAgent to Login Items

  • May 18, 2023
  • 114 replies
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I don’t use Figma all the time, I don’t want it to run anything on startup.
It’s frustrating to manually remove Figma from Login Items, since it automatically adds itself there again.

It would be nice to have at least an option to disable it in settings, or even better - remove that functionality at all, since it’s not user friendly. I want control over what and when the apps do at my workstation.

P.S. If it’s needed for updates check - I’m more than okay to update on app start

Pinned Reply By djv

Hey @Josh47, sorry for the frustration!
 

The FigmaAgent starts itself for font access & to allow you access to any Figma links without having to log in. If you don’t need either of those, you can force quit Activity Monitor, remove System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items
Then, delete ~/Library/Application Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.app & /Applications/Figma.app/Contents/Library/FigmaAgent.app


If you’re still getting the FigmaAgent on restart then you might have a corrupt .plist file. To remove this, try running a Spotlight search and delete system preferences plist from User library > Preferences > com.apple.systempreferences.plist


The file path should look like this:
/Users/Username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

You might also want to delete the login plist if you have it
/Users/Username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist


Alternatively, you can click on Go in your systems toolbar > Go to folder > and type in the path name (keep in mind Username should be replaced with your own). Then, restart your computer. These files will come back as new (without any corruption) and you should be able to completely remove the FigmaAgent service from login items without any issues. 

Please note that Figma will automatically reinstall the login item when you upgrade the Figma desktop app. The only existing, temporary solution would be to uninstall the desktop app and use the web browser.

Our team already has this logged as a feature request internally, but to be transparent, there are no immediate plans on the roadmap to implement. 

114 replies

New Member
September 20, 2026

Well its September 2026 and this still has not been fixed….. What’s good alternative to Figma?

Hank Mika
New Member
September 24, 2026

Seriously guys, this keeps me from using Figma desktop app. I won't be bullied into running a practically useless agent on each login. Who came up with this stuff? I guess designers do not care that much but you are alienating all devs that actually care what runs on their machine.

Andreas Lyvo
New Member
October 2, 2026

I got so annoyed by it, that I uninstalled Figma.

Yes, I a read the 8-steps workaround. Yes, I am a software developer and understood it.
But it should just be a setting in Figma.

Shakeel_Mohamed
New Member
October 8, 2026

The fact that this hasn’t been addressed by exposing a user setting shows that Figma is the new Adobe.