From c90b4ded33feb26ea69799ead93989cb989d4a82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meteoni-San <141850520+Meteony@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:22:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Inform user if Desktop client already running
 (#17846)" as per user feedback (#18897)

This reverts commit a199744e2456fde1863dba0d89320ac659d04e32.

Co-authored-by: neuronull <9162534+neuronull@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
index 2872154aa44..b4ced4471fa 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { once } from "node:events";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as url from "url";
 
-import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, nativeTheme, screen, session } from "electron";
+import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, nativeTheme, screen, session } from "electron";
 import { concatMap, firstValueFrom, pairwise } from "rxjs";
 
 import { LogService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/log.service";
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ export class WindowMain {
         if (!isMacAppStore()) {
           const gotTheLock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
           if (!gotTheLock) {
-            dialog.showErrorBox("Error", "An instance of Bitwarden Desktop is already running.");
             app.quit();
             return;
           } else {