How do you exclude applications from the 'open with' menu

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I've got quite a list of installed application. The result is there are many applications bloating the 'open with' menu.

Is there a way to exclude applications from the 'open with' menu?

If it's possible to exclude applications from both certain file types and from all file types, that would be great.

Thank you for asking this question. I've got it even worse than you do—I'm a developer, so I have archived versions of every major version of my app on my Mac (part of Xcode's archive functionality), and all of those archives show up in the list! Worse, all versions accept the same files, so macOS doesn't seem to want to let me manually set it for the newest version; instead it tenaciously hangs on to an older, buggy version as the default! — Bob, Commented Mar 18, 2017 at 11:19

nohillside · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-23 14:17:04Z

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No, they're included automatically by the OS, but if you want to reset the file, you can try this:

Open Terminal in /Applications
Type the following command: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Relaunch Finder, click cmd+alt+esc and select Finder and click Relaunch
Now the "Open With..." menu is reseted!

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answered Sep 22, 2015 at 19:32

DeyanM

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To whomever gave this answer a negative tick - it would have been useful to know why this answer is unsatisfactory.
– Bill
Commented Nov 8, 2017 at 12:05
@Bill More interested would be if there is something you've found to contradict the minus. Should I use this or not. That is the question.
– mjs
Commented Aug 7, 2022 at 19:05
It actually works, so far...
– mjs
Commented Aug 7, 2022 at 19:06
Fcuk mac and apple. Spent months on this, reset spotlight, exclude and everything.
– mjs
Commented Aug 7, 2022 at 19:07

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