QuitHide
Automatically hide or quit Mac apps you are not using.
Give each app its own rule and delay. After it stays in the background, QuitHide can hide it, request a normal quit, or leave it alone.
Core features
Set it once. Keep your workspace tidy.
Choose Automatic Hide, Automatic Quit, or Ignore, each with its own delay.
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
- 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
v0.4.0
What changed
Adds complete Simplified Chinese and English interfaces, with system-following or manual language selection, refined bilingual copy and layout, and localization integrity checks.
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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.