How do I disable Ktorrent from autostarting on login?

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Solution 1

When you close ktorrent, it's still running in the system tray. If you have "restore previous session" enabled in the System "Startup and Shutdown" settings, KTorrent will be re-started in windowed mode, even if it was minimized to the tray when shut down. To prevent KTorrent from starting, either

close it by right clicking on it's tray entry and press "Quit".
disabling "restore previous session" in System Settings

Solution 2

Do two things:

First check to see if it's enabled with the command

sudo systemctl list-unit-files | grep -i ktorrent

Then disable it with
```
sudo systemctl disable ktorrent
```

Info:

list-unit-files [PATTERN...] List unit files installed on the system, in combination with their enablement state (as reported by is-enabled). If one or more PATTERNs are specified, only unit files whose name matches one of them are shown (patterns matching unit file system paths are not supported).

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Electric Skeleton over 1 year

I'm using Kbuntu and when I turn on my computer and log in, the default app KTorrent automatically starts up and opens a window on my desktop. I want KTorrent to open up when I manually select the application from the start menu. I check in the Ktorrent settings and I don't see an option, nor in the Autostart application, which is empty.

How do I stop KTorrent from automatically starting short of uninstalling the app?
- George Udosen over 5 years
  
  I don't use kbuntu but run this sudo systemctl list-unit-files | grep -i ktorrent and lets see if it's there it should be. If there disable with sudo systemctl disable ktorrent, now it won't start at boot
- DK Bose over 5 years
  
  Open System Settings > Startup & Shutdown > Desktop Session and try Start with an empty session in the On Login section. Log out and log back in.
- Smeterlink almost 5 years
  
  @GeorgeUdosen thank you very much, that works!
- George Udosen almost 5 years
  
  @smeterlink let me post an answer so you can accept it!
- Smeterlink almost 5 years
  
  @GeorgeUdosen I just disabled session restore. For some reasons I close ktorrent before shutting down but keeps opening it again if session restore is enabled.
- George Udosen almost 5 years
  
  @smeterlink that I believe is the normal behaviour for session restore on kubuntu
Smeterlink almost 5 years

I have ktorrent installed but does not appear when I run the command sudo systemctl list-unit-files | grep -i ktorrent, maybe it's a ktorrent bug.
Yuvaraj V over 4 years

I can't find anything with sudo systemctl list-unit-files | grep -i ktorrent
George Udosen over 4 years

check for the binaries with which ktorrent assuming that's what it's called!
Kurtoid over 4 years

This doesn't make sense for this scenario. KTorrent is not, and does not, install a systemd service.