How to Disable Bloatware/Debloat from macOS Sequoia

In this guide, we will show you the steps to disable/remove bloatware and debloat macOS Sequoia. The fifteenth iteration of the OS brings in a slew of noteworthy goodies and intriguing features. Some include Apple Intelligence, Window Tiling, Continuity, a new Password app, and under-the-hood changes to numerous apps.

Talking about which, the OS also comes preinstalled with numerous apps, some of which might not even be required in the first place. Therefore, in this guide, we will make you aware of a script that will allow you to remove the desired preinstalled apps from the OS. You can also customize and remove the apps from the script that you want to keep on the system. So without any further ado, let’s get started.

  • How to Disable Bloatware/Debloat from macOS Sequoia Disable SIP Disable Bloatware Script
  • Where are the Modifications Saved
  • How to Re-Enable Bloatware on Mac Sequoia

How to Disable Bloatware/Debloat from macOS Sequoia

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Please make sure to go through all the apps once and then remove the apps from the list that you don’t want to disable. Moreover, credits for this script go to b0gdanw on GitHub. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.

Disable SIP

Before starting, please disable SIP on your Mac using the below steps:

  1. To begin with, restart your Mac.
  2. Press and hold Command+R during startup.
  3. Then select Utilities > Terminal.
  4. Now typ ine the below command: csrutil disable

Disable Bloatware Script

Download the script as a .sh file and run it. That’s it!

TODISABLE=()

 

TODISABLE+=('com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent' \

 

'com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent' \

 

'com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent' \

 

'com.apple.amsengagementd' \

 

'com.apple.ap.adprivacyd' \

 

'com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd' \

 

'com.apple.assistant_service' \

 

'com.apple.assistantd' \

 

'com.apple.assistant_cdmd' \

 

'com.apple.avconferenced' \

 

'com.apple.BiomeAgent' \

 

'com.apple.biomesyncd' \

 

'com.apple.calaccessd' \

 

'com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper' \

 

'com.apple.cloudd' \

 

'com.apple.cloudpaird' \

 

'com.apple.cloudphotod' \

 

'com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent' \

 

'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' \

 

'com.apple.ContextStoreAgent' \

 

'com.apple.CoreLocationAgent' \

 

'com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd' \

 

'com.apple.duetexpertd' \

 

'com.apple.familycircled' \

 

'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' \

 

'com.apple.familynotificationd' \

 

'com.apple.financed' \

 

'com.apple.findmy.findmylocateagent' \

 

'com.apple.followupd' \

 

'com.apple.gamed' \

 

'com.apple.generativeexperiencesd' \

 

'com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge' \

 

'com.apple.homed' \

 

'com.apple.icloud.fmfd' \

 

'com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent' \

 

'com.apple.icloudmailagent' \

 

'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' \

 

'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent' \

 

'com.apple.imagent' \

 

'com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent' \

 

'com.apple.imtransferagent' \

 

'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' \

 

'com.apple.intelligenceflowd' \

 

'com.apple.intelligencecontextd' \

 

'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' \

 

'com.apple.itunescloudd' \

 

'com.apple.knowledge-agent' \

 

'com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond' \

 

'com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent' \

 

'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' \

 

'com.apple.Maps.mapssyncd' \

 

'com.apple.maps.destinationd' \

 

'com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd' \

 

'com.apple.modelcatalogd' \

 

'com.apple.naturallanguaged' \

 

'com.apple.newsd' \

 

'com.apple.parsec-fbf' \

 

'com.apple.parsecd' \

 

'com.apple.passd' \

 

'com.apple.photoanalysisd' \

 

'com.apple.photolibraryd' \

 

'com.apple.progressd' \

 

'com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing' \

 

'com.apple.quicklook' \

 

'com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper' \

 

'com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent' \

 

'com.apple.rapportd-user' \

 

'com.apple.remindd' \

 

'com.apple.routined' \

 

'com.apple.screensharing.agent' \

 

'com.apple.screensharing.menuextra' \

 

'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' \

 

'com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent' \

 

'com.apple.SSInvitationAgent' \

 

'com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3' \

 

'com.apple.sharingd' \

 

'com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay' \

 

'com.apple.sidecar-relay' \

 

'com.apple.Siri.agent' \

 

'com.apple.macos.studentd' \

 

'com.apple.siriknowledged' \

 

'com.apple.suggestd' \

 

'com.apple.tipsd' \

 

'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' \

 

'com.apple.TMHelperAgent' \

 

'com.apple.triald' \

 

'com.apple.universalaccessd' \

 

'com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent' \

 

'com.apple.videosubscriptionsd' \

 

'com.apple.weatherd')

 

for agent in "${TODISABLE[@]}"

 

do

 

launchctl bootout gui/501/${agent}

 

launchctl disable gui/501/${agent}

 

done



# system

 

TODISABLE=()

 

 TODISABLE+=('com.apple.backupd' \

 

'com.apple.backupd-helper' \

 

'com.apple.biomed' \

 

'com.apple.biometrickitd' \

 

'com.apple.cloudd' \

 

'com.apple.coreduetd' \

 

'com.apple.dhcp6d' \

 

'com.apple.familycontrols' \

 

'com.apple.findmymac' \

 

'com.apple.findmymacmessenger' \

 

'com.apple.ftp-proxy' \

 

'com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd' \

 

'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced' \

 

'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd' \

 

'com.apple.locationd' \

 

'com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd' \

 

'com.apple.netbiosd' \

 

'com.apple.rapportd' \

 

'com.apple.screensharing' \

 

'com.apple.siriinferenced' \

 

'com.apple.triald.system' \

 

'com.apple.wifianalyticsd') 

 

for daemon in "${TODISABLE[@]}"

 

do

 

sudo launchctl bootout system/${daemon}

 

sudo launchctl disable system/${daemon}

 

done

macOS Launch Agents and Launch Daemons

 

Launch Agents

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent.plist

 

MotionTrackingAgent – Motion Tracking Launch Agent

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent.plist

 

AMPArtworkAgent – The artwork agent for Music.app, TV.app, and iOS/iPod device syncing

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent.plist

 

AMPLibraryAgent – The media library agent for Music.app and TV.app.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_cdmd.plist

 

assistant_cdmd, CDM/NLX Daemon – daemon handles Natural Langauge Understanding tasks for Siri and other internal Apple teams.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.adprivacyd.plist

 

adprivacyd – advertising privacy services daemon

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd.plist

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_service.plist

 

com.apple.siri.execution_service

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistantd.plist

 

assistantd – Siri Daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.avconferenced.plist

 

/usr/libexec/avconferenced com.apple.videoconference.camera

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.BiomeAgent.plist

 

BiomeAgent – Biome operation graph execution launch agent

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.biomesyncd.plist

 

biomesyncd – data synchronization daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.calaccessd.plist

 

CalendarDaemon.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

 

CallHistory.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudd.plist

 

cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudpaird.plist

 

cloudpaird – cloudpaird daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudphotod.plist

 

cloudphotod is the iCloud Photos agent. It is responsible for all iCloud Photos activity.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent.plist

 

Cloud Settings Sync Agent

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CommCenter-osx.plist

 

CoreTelephony.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CoreLocationAgent.plist

 

CoreLocationAgent – manages location authorization prompts

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd.plist

 

dataaccessd is the calendar sync process. It is used by the system to sync calendar data with calendar servers.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.duetexpertd.plist

 

duetexpertd powers personalized system experiences.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycircled.plist

 

FamilyCircle.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycontrols.useragent.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.FamilyControlsAgent.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist

 

FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familynotificationd.plist

 

FamilyNotification.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.financed.plist

 

financed – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.followupd.plis

 

CoreFollowUp.framework

 

Notification = "com.apple.mobile.keybagd.lock_status"

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

 

GameCenterFoundation.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.generativeexperiencesd.plist

 

generativeexperiencesd – A daemon that powers generative experience.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge.plist

 

GeoServices.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.homed.plist

 

homed is a daemon that manages home state and controls HomeKit accessories.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

 

fmfd is the daemon for Find My Friends

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent.plist

 

iCloudNotification.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications.plist

 

AOSAccounts.framework iCloudUserNotificationsd.app

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent.plist

 

searchpartyuseragent – icloud searchparty user agent

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imagent.plist

 

IMCore.framework iChat

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent.plist

 

IMDPersistence.framework IMAutomaticHistoryDeletionAgent.app

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imtransferagent.plist

 

IMTransferServices.framework IMTransferAgent.app

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceflowd.plist

 

intelligenceflowd – A daemon that manages sessions for intelligence services.

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist

 

intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose

 

knowledge graph.

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligencecontextd.plist

 

intelligencecontextd – This is a daemon that retrieves contextual information from various sources.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist

 

intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.itunescloudd.plist

 

music-subscription-status-service playactivity

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledge-agent.plist

 

siri suggestions

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond.plist

 

knowledgeconstructiond – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build a general purpose knowledge graph.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.naturallanguaged.plist

 

naturallanguaged – System post editing daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist

 

The ManagedClientAgent -- Device enrollment and ManagedClient process notification daemon process handles

 

device enrollment and other ManagedClient related process notifications.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist

 

mapspushd - Maps application services daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.modelcatalogd.plist

 

modelcatalogd – A daemon that stores base models and adapters.

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd.plist

 

mstreamd is the photo stream agent. It is responsible for My Photo Stream and Shared Albums for Photos.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.newsd.plist

 

NewsDaemon.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsec-fbf.plist

 

parsec-fbf is responsible for periodic flush and upload of Siri Search analytics data.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsecd.plist

 

parsecd – Support daemon for Siri Search

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.passd.plist

 

passd – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photoanalysisd.plist

 

photoanalysisd is the photo library analysis agent. It handles background processing of photo librariesfor Memories, People and scene or object based search.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photolibraryd.plist

 

photolibraryd is the photo library agent. It handles all photo library requests.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.progressd.plist

 

progressd is the ClassKit sync agent. It handles syncing classes, class members, student handouts and progress data between student and teacher managed Apple Accounts.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing.plist

 

ProtectedCloudKeySyncing manages backup and syncing of encrypted PCS keys to CloudKit.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent.plist

 

QuickLook

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rapportd-user.plist

 

rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.remindd.plist

 

com.apple.alarm com.apple.locationd-events

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.routined.plist

 

routined – A daemon that learns the historical location patterns of a user.

 

routined is a per-user daemon that learns historical location patterns of a user and predicts future visits

 

to locations.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.agent.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.menuextra.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent.plist

 

ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent.plist

 

ScreenTimeAgent supports the Screen Time feature.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3.plist

 

CloudKeychainProxy part of iCloud keychain syncing

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sharingd.plist

 

sharingd – Sharing Daemon that enables AirDrop, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Shared Computers, and Remote Disc in

 

the Finder.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-relay.plist

 

SidecarDisplayAgent – Sidecar Virtual Display Service

 

SidecarDisplayAgent provides virtual display service.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Siri.agent.plist

 

Siri com.apple.siri.activation com.apple.siri.invoke

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.macos.studentd.plist

 

studentd – Classroom's student control agent.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriknowledged.plist

 

com.apple.siri.conversation_context_module com.apple.siriknowledged.vocabulary.admin

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.suggestd.plist

 

suggestd – daemon that processes user content in order to detect contacts, events, named entities, etc.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.tipsd.plist

 

com.apple.language.changed com.apple.mobile.keybagd.first_unlock

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

 

callservicesd is the system daemon responsible for maintaining call state.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.TMHelperAgent.plist

 

TimeMachine

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.triald.plist

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.universalaccessd.plist

 

universalaccessd provides universal access services.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent.plist

 

UsageTrackingAgent monitors and reports limits set by Screen Time.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.videosubscriptionsd.plist

 

com.apple.VideoSubscriberAccount.AnalyticsService

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.weatherd.plist

 

WeatherDaemon.framework

 

 

 

 

 

Launch Daemons

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-helper.plist

 

backupd – Time Machine backup daemon

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biomed.plist

 

biomed – Biome operation graph execution daemon

 

biomed accepts downstream subscriptions for real time event processing.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biometrickitd.plist

 

biometrickitd provides support for biometric operations.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.cloudd.plist

 

cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.coreduetd.plist

 

com.apple.coreduetd.knowledge com.apple.coreduetd.people com.apple.proactive.SuggestionRequest

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dhcp6d.plist

 

dhcp6d is a stateless DHCPv6 server used by the InternetSharing(8) service.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist

 

FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymacmessenger.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymac.plist

 

FindMyMac.framework

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ftp-proxy.plist

 

ftp-proxy – Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy server

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd.plist

 

gamecontrollerd arbitrates access to hardware game controllers amongst apps using the GameController framework.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.plist

 

findmydeviced is the daemon for Find My Mac.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locationd.plist

 

locationd obtains geographic location and manages the authorization for apps, daemons and widgets that request

 

location updates.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd.plist

 

cloudconfigurationd assists in helping install client Device Enrollment profiles.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist

 

netbiosd is responsible for interacting with NetBIOS networks. netbiosd registers and defends one or more

 

NetBIOS name, depending on the set of configured services. It also browses and scavenges names from the NetBIOS

 

network, making them available to the system through mDNSResponder.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.rapportd.plist

 

rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices.

 

 

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

 

ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session.

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriinferenced.plist

 

com.apple.sirisuggestions

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.triald.system.plist

 

 

 

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.wifianalyticsd.plist

 

com.apple.wifianalyticsd

Where are the Modifications Saved

The modifications that you carried out [disabling bloatware] will be written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist. So just open this file and you’ll get a hold of all the bloatware apps that you have disabled on your Mac.

How to Re-Enable Bloatware on Mac Sequoia

If you wish to revert the changes, then delete the /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist files and reboot your Mac. After that, type in sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/* in the Terminal window and restart Mac once again.

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