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title: "How I stop PeakHour from launching at startup?"
canonical: "https://help.peakhourapp.com/space/P4W/327897/How%20I%20stop%20PeakHour%20from%20launching%20at%20startup%3F"
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Normally, you can control whether PeakHour launches at startup via** Preferences > **[**General**](https://peakhoursupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/P4D/pages/655595)** > Launch automatically when computer starts**.

Sometimes, this mechanism can become confused. If you've disabled this setting in Preferences, but PeakHour is still launching at startup, follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal (click the Spotlight / magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner and type '**Terminal**' and hit Enter).
2. Enter the following command in Terminal:
  In the output above, the login helper is present and enabled.
3. To disable and delete the login helper, enter these two commands:
  **Note:** Enter your macOS password when prompted.