Timeline for How to permanently disable autostarting of applications on Linux/Debian?
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| May 1, 2024 at 19:51 | comment | added | jaam | Apparently ~/.config/autostart masks not only /etc/xdg/autostart (tested on Debian bullseye) | |
| May 1, 2024 at 3:46 | comment | added | ajgringo619 | Well, the first part of my answer deals specifically with programs that auto-start from /etc/xdg/autostart. Not sure how your suggestion would block an app from starting this way if there's no entry there. | |
| Apr 30, 2024 at 21:14 | comment | added | jaam | You don't need a file in /etc/xdg/autostart for this to work (and no need to copy anything). Just create a file named e.g. firefox.desktop in ~/.config/autostart w/ two lines, [Desktop Entry] and Hidden=true to disable its autostart (or set Hidden=true in the file if it exists there already) | |
| Apr 9, 2024 at 17:33 | history | answered | ajgringo619 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |