startup programs

First, go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Startup items. If it is there use the minus (-) button to delete it.

Then check Apple menu > Logout, Restart or Shutdown to see if "Reopen windows when logging back in" is checked, if it is then uncheck it.

Should the app not be in your startup items, run etrecheck to figure out where the app resides.

I'd run etrecheck. The proprietary stuff gets filtered.

-- Download etrecheck.  Then click on the download link at

the bottom of the screen.

http://etrecheck.com/

-- Run etrecheck.   The first five runs are free.

-- How to install, run and report output for the EtreCheck

Application

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250000632

-- Explanation of EtreCheck  output by etresoft, the author

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-11591

How to report etrecheck data.

When the report is done, click on the export icon.

click on "Copy report" to copy to the clipboard

Get back in your web browser and access your discussion. Create a

new reply. Click on the <> code icon. Paste you etrecheck

output into the code block.

which results in...

Robert