Messages Always Opening

[Klew721]

Everytime I re-open my MacBook Pro it automatically opens the Messages program. How do I prevent it from doing this? It never used to do it in the past, but now it does it everytime I re-open my MacBook.

 

[benwiggy]

When you say "re-open", do you mean open the lid, or restart?
On restart, OS X will automatically launch any app that was open when the Mac was shutdown.
Any app in the list of Login Items in System Preferences > Users & Groups will also launch at restart.
If Messages is relaunching at other times, after you have quit it, then something else is going on.

 

[Weaselboy]

Everytime I re-open my MacBook Pro it automatically opens the Messages program. How do I prevent it from doing this? It never used to do it in the past, but now it does it everytime I re-open my MacBook.

I get the same thing on 10.8.5 and prior and I have not found a way to stop it. I have nothing in login items or any of the other folders that normally launch anything.

I think what is going on is OS X is treating Messages as more of a "service" than an app, and if you have the Messages service turned on it just launches the app.

 

[Klew721]

I get the same thing on 10.8.5 and prior and I have not found a way to stop it. I have nothing in login items or any of the other folders that normally launch anything.

I think what is going on is OS X is treating Messages as more of a "service" than an app, and if you have the Messages service turned on it just launches the app.

Yeah. I just logged out of my account on Messages and will see if that helps.