Xcode downloads window won't go away

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drewolbrich OP

Created Oct ’25

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Every time I launch Xcode 26.0 (17A324), I see this window:

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Consequently, each time I launch Xcode, I must manually close the Downloads window, and it will always reappear the next time I launch Xcode.

My question: How can I make the Downloads window with this message go away permanently, so I don't have to manually dismiss it?

I tried deleting Device Support for Vision Pro (M5) and iPad Pro (M5) from Settings > Components, but unfortunately this is what I see:

Thank you for any guidance you can provide.

Answered by Product Manager in 863381022

Thank you for your feedback.

Can you try updating to Xcode 26.0.1 (17A400) to see if the problem persists?

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Product Manager OP

Apple

Oct ’25

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Thank you for your feedback.

Can you try updating to Xcode 26.0.1 (17A400) to see if the problem persists?

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Answer 2

mmarczell OP

Oct ’25

I already have Xcode 26.0.1 (17A400) and the problem occurs.

For me, it only occurs when I do not open Xcode directly, but I open an xcodeproj or an xcworkspace in Finder or Spotlight.

I think when my Xcode has last updated itself, I launched it with this method so it had to perform 2 tasks at launch: download additional components and open the specified project. So I speculate that it has cached an instruction somewhere to open the Downloads window after launching a project and that cache has erroneously persisted. I haven't yet managed to figure out where that cache is.

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Answer 3

mmarczell OP

Oct ’25

Maybe the reason the update fixed it for OP is that his first launching Xcode after the update wasn't the same method as before, thus clearing this cache. So any update would fix it for me as well, but not because the update contains a fix for this bug, but because the bug is in the post-update first-launch codepath.

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