diff --git a/shell/common/platform_util_mac.mm b/shell/common/platform_util_mac.mm
index 001d17b3fff9..153334f7f1d2 100644
--- a/shell/common/platform_util_mac.mm
+++ b/shell/common/platform_util_mac.mm
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ void OpenExternal(const GURL& url,
     return;
   }
 
+  // Check this to prevent system dialog from popping up on macOS Tahoe.
+  if (![[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] URLForApplicationToOpenURL:ns_url]) {
+    std::move(callback).Run("No application found to open URL");
+    return;
+  }
+
   NSWorkspaceOpenConfiguration* configuration =
       [NSWorkspaceOpenConfiguration configuration];
   configuration.activates = options.activate;
diff --git a/spec/api-shell-spec.ts b/spec/api-shell-spec.ts
index 643c780ed4ac..eef14040b028 100644
--- a/spec/api-shell-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-shell-spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ describe('shell module', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    ifit(process.platform === 'darwin')('throws when there is no application registered to open the URL', async () => {
+      const url = `unknownscheme-${Date.now()}://test`;
+      await expect(shell.openExternal(url)).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(/No application found to open URL/);
+    });
+
     it('opens an external link in the renderer', async () => {
       const { url, requestReceived } = await urlOpened();
       const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { sandbox: false, contextIsolation: false, nodeIntegration: true } });