Postgres.app Could not start on port 5432

Question

I\'m using http://postgresapp.com. In the menubar it gives the error \" Could not start on port 5432.\" Similarly if I try to start the server from the terminal, I get:

Answer 1

This is what worked for me: $ sudo pkill -u postgres

Props to this resource: https://github.com/PostgresApp/PostgresApp/issues/197#issuecomment-474534056