# How to set, clear BTT "Safe Mode" **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration Help & General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891 "2026-04-28T22:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/yary_h/32/32503_2.png) [@yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/u/yary_h)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/1 "2026-04-28T22:41:07Z")
Last week BTTRelaunch popped up a dialog saying something like “BTT crash loop detected, restart in safe mode?” - I said OK to that. Now after a reboot and BTT update to 6.450 I’d like to turn off Safe Mode, but BTT still pops this up on every time it begins. How do I have it stop that setting? ![Screenshot 2026-04-28 at 22.40.32UTC@2x](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/7/9/79793f3968a59b1f899dddd4b3703611ee0582bb.png) ---
**Author:** ![yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/yary_h/32/32503_2.png) [@yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/u/yary_h)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/2 "2026-05-01T19:45:56Z")
Searching help has no results for Safe Mode - [Search the documentation | BetterTouchTool Documentation](https://docs.folivora.ai/search?q=safe%20mode) I’ve rebooted a couple times, restarted, BTT is still starting in Safe Mode. The clipboard manager is working for me, the key sequences are not, my guess is that Safe Mode precludes key sequence triggers. Hence my desire to turn off Safe Mode and see if that’s the cause. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/3 "2026-05-01T19:50:29Z")
you can use this terminal command: ```auto defaults write com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool BTTSafeModeEnabled NO ``` Do you have a crashlog in the macOS console app's crash report section? ---
**Author:** ![yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/yary_h/32/32503_2.png) [@yary\_h](https://community.folivora.ai/u/yary_h)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/4 "2026-05-01T20:10:28Z")
With that command & restarting BTT, key sequences are working, and BTT no longer displays the Safe Mode info box on startup. Thanks! No crashlogs from BTT/BetterTouchTool - have a crash from Mail, Last.fm scrobbler, and some work tools, but nothing from BTT. ---
**Author:** ![deearedee](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@deearedee](https://community.folivora.ai/u/deearedee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/5 "2026-06-15T14:57:07Z")
Hello! I'm having the same issue, but that terminal command doesn't change any behavior; it still boots with the same Safe Mode notification that OP showed, and none of my shortcuts activate. I searched the .app package contents for com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool and I don't see any file with that name. The only com.hegenberg file I see is "com.hegenberg.BetterTouchProcessPrioWatcher.plist" Any ideas?? Thank you soooo much, BTT makes my life so much better! ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/6 "2026-06-15T15:03:11Z")
are you on the setapp version? In that case you need to run this command: ```auto defaults write com.hegenberg.bettertouchtool-setapp BTTSafeModeEnabled NO ``` In any case BTT must be quit before running this ---
**Author:** ![deearedee](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@deearedee](https://community.folivora.ai/u/deearedee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-to-set-clear-btt-safe-mode/46891/7 "2026-06-15T15:56:15Z")
Yayyy yes it was from Setapp! That worked, thank you so so much!