Disable Parallels Desktop advertisements
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- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
- Impact: MinimumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Low
This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script. - Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
Parallels Desktop in-product notifications to show ads from Parallels or other third party companies 1.
The main setting is ProductPromo.ForcePromoOff 1 that you can check using:
defaults read 'com.parallels.Parallels Desktop' 'ProductPromo.ForcePromoOff'defaults read 'com.parallels.Parallels Desktop' 'WelcomeScreenPromo.PromoOff'
By default, on clean installations the value is 0 which is equivalent of no.
There is also WelcomeScreenPromo.PromoOff setting that's pre-configured to 1 (no as
default). It's undocumented but still kept disabled by this script.
Safe for General Use
All actions in this script is recommended for all users. This is recommended for all users to improve without any noticeable impact on the system functionality.
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- Unable to process the upgrade request. Parallels Forums. forum.parallels.com. (2024).
Original: https://forum.parallels.com/threads/unable-to-process-the-upgrade-request.345603
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240314062932/https://forum.parallels.com/threads/unable-to-process-the-upgrade-request.345603/ - How do I turn off notifications in Parallels Desktop and Parallels Access?. Knowledge Base. parallels.com. (2022).
Original: https://kb.parallels.com/114422
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20221012151800/https://kb.parallels.com/114422
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defaults write 'com.parallels.Parallels Desktop' 'ProductPromo.ForcePromoOff' -bool yes
defaults write 'com.parallels.Parallels Desktop' 'WelcomeScreenPromo.PromoOff' -bool yes
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Paste & run
Paste the code into Terminal and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
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Guides below includes this guide to achieve a wider goal.See other more general settings that includes this one as one of its actions.These plans combine multiple privacy settings, including this one, for stronger protection.
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