QuitHide
Automatically hide or quit Mac apps you are not using.
Save your attention. Save your Mac's resources.
24 cumulative downloads
Core features
Set it once. Keep your workspace tidy.
Choose Automatic Hide, Automatic Quit, or Ignore; optional window protection avoids acting on groups or windows still in use.
See the next action and time remaining, or pause all automation at any time.
Run matching rules early, or right-click one app to hide, quit, or manually force quit it.
Privacy and safety
Your rules stay on your Mac.
- Does not upload your running-app list or rules
- No analytics service or advertising SDK
- Visible-window protection never reads screen contents; group protection uses Accessibility only after you enable it
- Automatic Quit uses the standard macOS quit request and never force-quits automatically
- Stable releases are Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple
- Open source under the MIT License
Latest release
v0.6.7
What changed
Fixes the misleading “Window Protection Unavailable” status after Show Desktop is used while Stage Manager is enabled. QuitHide now confirms the desktop state across two stable observations, reports “Showing Desktop,” and temporarily pauses automation. If an ordinary app window remains visible, windows are changing, or the state cannot be determined reliably, automation continues to fail closed to prevent an unintended hide or quit. This release also refines the main menu: Auto Hide and Auto Quit use shorter action-specific duration lists while preserving the current custom value; the search field is clearer at rest, on hover, and when focused, and displays the ⌘F shortcut; 16pt horizontal margins, 28pt scope capsules, and language-appropriate punctuation are applied consistently; Ignore rows leave the duration column empty; and Quit QuitHide gains hover emphasis. The Settings window is widened to 480pt.
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Questions before downloading.
Does QuitHide force-quit other apps?
Not automatically. Automatic Quit sends the standard macOS quit request, so the target app can show its normal save prompt. Force Quit is available only as a manual, confirmed action in an app's context menu.
Are apps without a rule automated?
Not on a fresh installation. Both Additional Rules switches are off until you explicitly enable them.
Does QuitHide connect to the internet?
All rule execution is local. Network access is used only to check for stable updates; QuitHide does not upload your app list or rules.
Why is there no Mac App Store version?
The independently distributed build keeps the complete app-management behavior and uses Apple's Developer ID signing and notarization process.
Download QuitHide
Requires macOS 13.0 or later. Supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.