How to prevent Docker Desktop from starting after log in on Windows?

Question

I am using Docker on Windows 10 version 1809. Everything work great except that Docker starts after every reboot automatically although I have unchecked 'Start Docker when you log in' in settings.

Is there a registry setting that I can use instead or something? I am using Docker only for testing purpose and don't want to waste to much RAM.

• Docker Desktop version:

• Docker Desktop general settings:

Solution

Have you tried disabling it in task manager?

1. Open task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete, then click Task Manager)
2. In bottom left corner, click "More details"
3. In the top tabs, go to Startup.
4. Look and see if Docker is located in here, and disable it if it is.
5. That should be all, I guess restart to see if it still starts up or not.

Comments

[Paul Smith]

That worked. So simple but yet powerfull :-) Thanks!

[Marco Lackovic]

Voted up and helpful, thanks, but this is a workaround: the question why Docker Desktop is not respecting the Start Docker when you log in option is still unanswered

[Felk]

It was disabled for me, but still had a VM running that I could see in the Hyper-V-Manager. I ended up shutting down the VM there followed by manually disabling the Docker Desktop Service

[m4heshd]

It still starts up even when it's disabled in the startup programs list.