Built for macOS

Quit the noise.
Keep your flow.

OnionQuit puts every running app in one calm place—so you can close the clutter, protect what matters, and get back to focus.

Download for macOSSee how it works ↓
✓ Free download macOS 13 or later
OnionQuit
⌕ Search apps
ChatGPT Classic
Code
Microsoft Edge
Notes
Reminders
Activity Monitor
6 running appsQuit OnionQuit
✓
All clear.Your focus is back.

Less app juggling. More room to think.

1 menu bar home0 distractions⌘Q to clear the deck
A quieter desktop

Everything you need.
Nothing you don’t.

Small, fast, and designed to feel right at home on your Mac.

01

One click. Clean slate.

See every open app and close them all at once. Or choose exactly what goes.

8 running apps
02
Always keep

Lock what matters.

Keep music, messages, or anything important running while everything else closes.

03
Notes −
Code −
ChatGPT −

Your whitelist, remembered.

Protected apps stay protected—even after updates, restarts, or moving them around.

Set it once

Your rules.
Always remembered.

Choose what OnionQuit shows, keep Finder out of the way, and build a permanent whitelist for the apps that should always stay open.

  • ✓ Control foreground apps and Finder
  • ✓ Keep essential apps permanently protected
  • ✓ Preferences survive updates and moves
OnionQuit Settings
LanguageEnglish

App List

Show foreground apps only
Show Finder

Finder is excluded by default. When shown, it is included in Quit All and macOS will usually relaunch it.

Permanent Whitelist

Notes−
Reminders−
Code−
Microsoft Edge−
ChatGPT Classic−

Apps are saved by Bundle Identifier, so the whitelist survives updates and moves.

Made for momentum

Open. Choose.
Back to work.

No complicated setup. OnionQuit lives in your menu bar and stays out of the way until you need it.

  1. 1Open OnionQuitFind it in your menu bar, always within reach.
  2. 2Choose what staysLock important apps or add them to your whitelist.
  3. 3Quit the restClear the noise with a click or ⌘Q.
Ready when you are

Make space for
what matters.

Download OnionQuit and give your desktop a fresh start.

Download for macOSFree for macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel