Dock Showing Recent Apps Even After Setting It Not To

The right side of my dock is full of recent apps, even though I have the setting turned off in settings.

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Oct 8, 2022 7:15 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2022 7:16 PM

The solution is to also check "Minimize windows into application icon" option. Then, open all of the recents one at a time and minimize them. You will see that they now go to their app icon towards the left instead of to the right into their own.

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Oct 8, 2022 7:16 PM in response to JumboSmooth

The solution is to also check "Minimize windows into application icon" option. Then, open all of the recents one at a time and minimize them. You will see that they now go to their app icon towards the left instead of to the right into their own.

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Dock Showing Recent Apps Even After Setting It Not To

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