How do I force OSX to stop reopening applications after restart

I can't find any options to stop my mac from reopening apps after restart. I hate it so much when it gets slow, I restart it and it starts opening my browser, photoshop and everything else. Sometimes it even opens apps that I have closed before. How do I get it to stop doing this?

speew wrote:
I can't find any options to stop my mac from reopening apps after restart. I hate it so much when it gets slow, I restart it and it starts opening my browser, photoshop and everything else. Sometimes it even opens apps that I have closed before. How do I get it to stop doing this?
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