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evgenypyvovarov
New Member
May 18, 2023

Stop automatically adding FigmaAgent to Login Items

  • May 18, 2023
  • 111 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. 

111 replies

Juan_Jose_Ramirez_Puyol
January 23, 2024

Please remove this feature. Super annoying.

January 30, 2024

+1. Another developer here, completely annoyed by Figma constantly adding FigmaAgent to login items (even AFTER I manually remove it). Just load the fonts when the app starts up.

February 7, 2024

2024 and this shit show still hapening, im starting to think the Figma dev doing this on purpose to collect or send some data that is not mentioned anywhere, there is really no reason for Figma app to have a simple togle setting in the app to stop doing this.
Really pathethic from Figma management / devs this nonsense

Berat_BAYRAM
February 8, 2024

Same here. I might understand the reasoning behind it but just give us checkbox to disable it in the settings. I dont even care that it runs in the background. I just dont want that “LoginItem Added” notification.

March 5, 2024

Wow! I was getting frustrated too, but seing so many people frustrating and the team doing NOTHING about that is more that enough for me too to stop using this app, anything but Figma politics. I understand FigmaAgent is lightweight, but forcing it at every update is messing with the user. You should put a setting for that and show a warning explaining the usage and what will stop working after the user DECIDES to uninstall FigmaAgent. I understand the Figma utility, but I mostly understand the users as I am one too. I don’t care about web Figma, and Figma at all, but I care about MY COMPUTER and what’s running on it, and you should NOT MESS with that, period. I will apply that patch above because I won’t wait any longer for your team to move on with your users (I am blown away how much you don’t give a single heck about that this so many users request).

T.A.V
New Participant
March 11, 2024

This is absolutely annoying. You’re not being acquired by Adobe so you can relax and delete this Adobe like user-annoying behaviour. Please.

Renan_Castro
New Member
March 20, 2024

Another MacOS update, another time removing FigmaAgent from Login Items. Every. Single. Time. Please stop this from happening.

Jon4
March 21, 2024

So frustrating. I have deleted the app

Yanis_Azze
New Participant
March 26, 2024

Is this still working?

Yanis_Azze
New Participant
March 28, 2024

Really? That’s great news! Thank god regulation, so why are they still pushing for that sc*my forced update which actually kills Figma usage for not reason?