How to Disable/Delete the Pesky Dictionary Popups on Mac OS using Visual Studio Code?
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Apple's **
Dictionary
** app and *Visual Studio Code* don't work well together. I get constant popups from **Dictionary
**, an app that I **have not**, and **will not** ever use.
I've followed the instructions in [Apple's Support Forum](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251147716?sortBy=rank) :
- Open System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
- Click Services in the left column
- In the Searching section, click the arrow to expand the options
- Remove the checkmark from "Look Up in Dictionary"
This stopped *most* of the popups, but on occasion, **Dictionary
** shows up to haunt me while using **VSC.**
I tried nuking it from terminal
:
sudo rm -rf /System/Applications/Dictionary.app
Which results in a screen full of error errors:
rm: Dictionary.app: Operation not permitted
I currently running a **Macbook Pro 2017**, with Ventura 13.6.7
.
I recall in the older versions of the OS, you had to boot into the recovery drive to remove system files, or enable system-wide full disk access, but I don't know the best solution using Ventura
.
What is the best approach to this problem? Nuke the app, or find another way?
How can I delete/disable the **Dictionary
** app, permanently?
Asked by Lord Elrond
(187 rep)
Dec 25, 2024, 04:51 PM
Last activity: Dec 29, 2024, 05:34 PM
Last activity: Dec 29, 2024, 05:34 PM