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macOS: Reset Launchpad Apps Order

macOS: Reset Launchpad Apps Order

By Mitch Bartlett 13 Comments

The Launchpad in macOS helps you access applications quickly. If you decide you want to reset the Launchpad apps where they appear in their default order, you can follow these steps.

  1. From the Finder, select “Go” > “Utilities” > “Terminal“.
  2. Type the following command, then press “Enter“.
    • defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock

The Launchpad apps will then be refreshed to their default state.

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Filed Under: MacOS Tagged With: Sierra

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Comments

  1. Happy Harry says

    February 9, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    I was one step away from restoring Catalina in hopes it wouldn’t overwrite my data (2 month old laptop/OS, didn’t want to have to deal with a backup restore) because of a missing application in Launchpad. This worked, THANK YOU!

  2. AnnaLisse says

    July 21, 2020 at 2:05 am

    very good. thank you.

  3. DBR says

    January 30, 2020 at 3:16 am

    Yeah, it did help… Thanks a lot.

  4. Cynthia Cavanaugh says

    December 25, 2019 at 6:41 am

    Best. Tip. Ever. Other sites had answers like, “Sorry, can’t do it. Or, click and hold on an app and drag each one (LOL).” This site actually had an answer. Not exactly intuitive to have to go to the Terminal, but I’m comfortable with it and it didn’t require sudo since it’s just for my logged-in user, me.

  5. Peter F. says

    December 5, 2019 at 12:04 am

    I think I lost one of my apps. I upgraded to Catalina before doing this.

  6. Yurii Savchenko says

    November 19, 2019 at 4:28 am

    It works on Catalina 10.15.1 also, so enjoy of result…

  7. Devin Columbus says

    November 15, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    Has anyone figured out a way to do this with Catalina?

  8. Phong says

    November 12, 2019 at 3:08 am

    Nice command. Thanks!

  9. Desh says

    August 8, 2019 at 10:06 pm

    How do I add back the apps after the reset? TY!

  10. blueb0x says

    July 10, 2019 at 10:32 pm

    Thank you so much!

  11. Peter says

    June 5, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    I had a bad updated app stuck as well, worked perfectly!

  12. Jo says

    March 22, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Thank you God! Was looking for a solution for a while. Greatly appreciated.

  13. Pock says

    February 4, 2019 at 2:22 am

    Thank you so much, I had a bad app download jammed on launchpad with no way to remove it. This worked! Thank you!

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