Brave Browser keeps opening at startup on Mac

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@miniboba I really thought an extension was probably causing the problem. Of course it wouldn’t be that easy! Going to recap what has been done so far and list the other things suggested to try in the linked topic above (Brave Keeps Adding Itself To Login Items [Mac]). Please post an update. After confirming you tested everything, the next step would be to tag Brave support for help.

Just to confirm, you have tried the following but problem persists:

  1. Removed all extensions
  2. Disabled Hangouts at brave://settings/extensions

Please confirm you tried the following (or do the following) and post an update:

  1. Cleared history/cache for All time on the Advanced tab at brave://settings/clearBrowserData

  2. Disabled Continue running background apps when Brave is closed at brave://settings/system

  3. Right click Brave icon in the dock/applications list and confirm Open at login is not checked. Uncheck and restart if it is.

  4. Brave Keeps Adding Itself To Login Items [Mac] - #17 by Mattches

    when you shutdown or reboot your machine, do you have the Reopen windows when logging back in option enabled? If so, this will reopen the browser (or anything else that was not closed/quit) regardless of whether or not it is added to the list of login apps:
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  5. Check that Brave is not in the following startup locations

    • In System Preferences, Users & Groups, Login Items for your account
    • In your home folder/Library/LaunchAgents
    • In /System/Library/StartupItems
    • In /Library/StartupItems

    Remove and/or temporarily disable startup items (How to Add, Remove, and Delay Startup Apps on a Mac). Temporarily disabling startup items may be an indicator that another startup item in the list is causing Brave to open at startup.

  6. If you use Sync, leave the Sync chain. Results? Add mac back to Sync chain. Results?

  7. Run anti-virus/malware removal program.

  8. Install Brave Beta and see if doing the same in Beta.

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