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
Absolutely insane that we should ask to please stop doing unwanted stuff to our systems
I was recently asked to use Figma (again) for some mockups and came back to find out if this stupid problem was still being stupid. Yup. So Figma stays off my Mac.
I highly recommend everyone to use https://balsamiq.com/. It has great low pricing, and both cloud and desktop app options. Its much more low fidelity, but I’d rather have low fed and support a company that isn’t as abusive with its practices like Figma/Adobe.
This continues to be infuriating. It is the user’s right to decide what software needs to run at startup.
I’ve just tried resorting to the suggested bodge/workaround of deleting FigmaAgent outright and, having done so, I’m now getting an error that Figma is damaged and can’t be opened. So I think I’ll take the hint and just remove the app from my Mac altogether.
This so frustruting, please fixe this, or at least give the option to opt out in settings! I am deleting my Figma desktop app because of that.
Please stop installing the FigmaAgent as a Login Item every time we start Figma or when Figma updates.
These types of agents are nothing but spyware no matter what they may also be used for. I can not imagine that it does not call home at least when it starts (to check for updates or whatnot), and thus you get a log of whenever a user start their computer! That is definitely not information that is crucial to your business. It is creepy. It makes your company look very bad!
Temporary Work Around
Copied from stack overflow. All credits to orginal author marcaux
removing FigmaAgent.app
rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appcreating a dummy file
touch ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appmake the file undeletable
sudo chflags -R schg ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appNow Figma will not be able to override that file when it wants to update it.
Also the login item does not get created for me again after removal at this point.
I can’t believe this is the only solution. Figma, do better.
This is just a great example of arocance from a big software company.
Temporary Work Around
Copied from stack overflow. All credits to orginal author marcaux
removing FigmaAgent.app
rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appcreating a dummy file
touch ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appmake the file undeletable
sudo chflags -R schg ~/Library/Application\ Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.appNow Figma will not be able to override that file when it wants to update it.
Also the login item does not get created for me again after removal at this point.
Thank you for this! Figma obviously doesnt care about their users, this is incredibly intrusive and the fact they chose not to do anything about it, its definitely intentional, something Facebook or Adobe would do. I will not be using them in the future for client work, absolutely disgusting practice from a business.
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