Howto stop app running in the background in elementary OS

~ Seth Storm Rosenaa

By default elementary OS is pretty slim, but there may be some applications you don’t use and in no need of running in the background. Example I don’t need orca or onboard to startup as I’m using a stationary computer.

WARNING: If you disable something vital you’ll end up with a broken system. Use with caution!

Open the terminal and copy/paste;

sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
gnome-session-properties

Now you can see what’s is set to running when starting elementary OS. Now be careful what you disable.

Screenshot from 2020-05-15 06.32.50

 

Tested on: elementary OS 5.1.4

Published by Seth Storm Rosenaa

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