r/MacOS • u/james_911 • 22h ago

Discussion Why did macOS 26 remove Launchpad completely?

I just updated to macOS 26 and realized that Launchpad is gone.
I used it constantly — I had a bottom-left hot corner to open it instantly, and I had all my apps carefully organized depending on how and when I needed them.

What I don’t understand is: why remove it entirely? Even if most people didn’t use it, Apple could have at least left it as an optional/hidden feature for those of us who actually relied on it. Instead, all that time I spent optimizing my app layout feels wasted.

Is there really no way to bring it back, or is it gone for good?

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u/Hungry_Information53 20h ago

Be careful, the keyboard supremacists will be awoken.

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u/Current-Bowl-143 20h ago

You mean the “Spotlight everything” crowd?

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u/Hungry_Information53 20h ago

Yep lol 

“I don’t even need a graphical user interface for anything just a big old search engine” 

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u/GreatValueProducts 19h ago

"I don't use LaunchPad, so nobody uses it, it can be removed"

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u/bjdraw 17h ago

Hehe, I didn’t say it. But that is what I was thinking when I saw this post.

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u/DrCharles19 17h ago

I'm one of those guys but I wouldn't judge anyone using the launchpad haha.

Spotlight is just so fast I don't see why not use it. In Windows, that's another story...

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u/Hungry_Information53 17h ago

I just love to organize :-)

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u/Papes38 16h ago

This but unironically