Ghost entry remains in “Allow in Menu Bar” after app deletion — macOS Tahoe beta

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Nangpa OP
Created Jul ’25
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I’m experiencing an issue on macOS Tahoe (Developer Beta, July 2025) related to the new “Allow in Menu Bar” section in System Settings.

After uninstalling the application Backdrop (developer: Cindori), the entry com.cindori.Backdrop.Wallpaper still appears in the list of apps allowed to show in the menu bar, even though: — The app and all its associated files have been fully deleted. — The LaunchAgents files in ~/Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchAgents have been removed. — Preferences have been deleted via defaults delete com.cindori.Backdrop and defaults delete com.cindori.Backdrop.Wallpaper. — The system has been restarted.

It seems the “Allow in Menu Bar” section keeps phantom references to apps or agents even after complete cleanup.

Could you please confirm if this is expected behavior (perhaps for future reactivation) or a bug? Is there any official method or recommended command to permanently remove such residual entries from this list?

Thank you very much for your help and clarifications.

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jasonyangshadow OP
Sep ’25

I also have this issue, not sure where the entry is saved, and I would like to remove the entries manually if possible.

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Lukajnk OP
19h

Same issue, tried everything but the entries of uninstalled apps remain

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Lukajnk OP
18h

I had the same issue but I found a fix, run the following command:

rm ~/Library/GroupContainersAlias/group.com.apple.controlcenter/Library/Preferences/group.com.apple.controlcenter.plist

and log out and back in

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