You have two solutions. I think the second achieves the best when you say “to get rid of”:
- By unchecking the option
Show On Startup
in the configuration of theWelcome
plugin (Settings
»Packages
»welcome
),Atom
doesn’t show theWelcome
screen at startup (or when opening a newAtom
window), but still loads the plugin:
- By disabling the
Welcome
plugin (Settings
»Packages
»welcome
),Atom
doesn’t load it (which saves memory) and so doesn’t show theWelcome
screen (under any circumstance):