How to hide recent apps from the Dock on macOS Mojave

Go to System Preferences > Dock and uncheck the box at the bottom for Show recent applications in Dock.

1. How do I hide recents on Mac?
2. How do I remove an app from the bottom of my Mac?
3. How do I delete recents in Mac Finder?
4. What happens if I delete recents on Mac?
5. How do I remove icons from Mac Dock?
6. How do I remove mail icon from Mac Dock?
7. How do I delete an app from my Mac that won't delete?
8. How do I empty my Mac cache?
9. Why do Mac apps stay open?
10. Should I quit apps on Mac?

How do I hide recents on Mac?

Click on the Desktop so you see Finder in the Menu bar by the Apple. Select the Sidebar. This is basically hides the recent from the finder window.

How do I remove an app from the bottom of my Mac?

Place the cursor over the icon of the Dock item you wish to remove, and then either right-click or control-click the icon. A pop-up menu will appear. Select the Options > Remove from Dock item from the pop-up Dock menu. The Dock item will be removed.

How do I delete recents in Mac Finder?

How to turn off recents in Finder

1. Open Finder from the Dock.
2. From the Finder menu, choose Preferences.
3. Select Sidebar in the tabs at the top of the window that opens.
4. Uncheck the box next to Recents.
5. Click the red button to close the Preferences window.

What happens if I delete recents on Mac?

It can be removed from the Sidebar. Recents is a search folder that shows recently used documents. They don't really exist there, are not causing any clutter, and you will deleter your originals if you delete them from Recents. Just don't use it.

How do I remove icons from Mac Dock?

Remove Items From The Dock

1. Click and hold on a dock icon to display its menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Select Remove From Dock (If you want to remove a Folder icon, hold down the Control key and then click and hold its icon to see it's menu.)

How do I remove mail icon from Mac Dock?

Right click the icon and select options, uncheck "keep in dock".

How do I delete an app from my Mac that won't delete?

Press and hold the Option (⌥) key, or click and hold any app until the apps jiggle. either didn't come from the App Store or are required by your Mac. To delete an app that didn't come from the App Store, use the Finder instead.

How do I empty my Mac cache?

Step 1: From the browser menu, select Safari -> Preferences -> Advanced. Step 2: Enable the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” option and close the preferences window. Step 3: From the browser menu, select Develop -> Empty caches. Step 4: All the caches are successfully cleared.

Why do Mac apps stay open?

The Mac way of doing things is older than the Windows way, because macOS has been around longer. From its inception, macOS has been process oriented, meaning that when you close a window the application stays open.

Should I quit apps on Mac?

You don't have to quit apps once you're done working in them — OS X allows you to work with several apps open at once. Features such as Compressed Memory and App Nap keep your Mac running fast, and save power when many apps are open. There's no real easy answers to this.