How to disable AnyDesk autostart in Ubuntu?

Question

AnyDesk runs in Ubuntu startup and I couldn't find any setting in order to disable it in its settings. How can I disable AnyDesk autostart?

Actually this issue still happens in all Ubuntu versions 22 and 23 (tested in 23.04) — Etore Marcari Jr., Aug 25 '23 at 13:14

Benyamin Jafari · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06T07:06:07.987

148

I've found the following approach to disable the AnyDesk service. In this way, you can run it manually.

systemctl disable anydesk.service

You can also check its service status:

systemctl status anydesk

nb: you might want to stop it first (or after) if it is running:

service anydesk stop

edited Oct 06 '21 at 07:06

answered Jan 06 '21 at 05:47

Benyamin Jafari

4,284

5

successfully tested also on Ubuntu 22.04 – cyberbrain Aug 03 '22 at 05:53
1

This also used to work in Fedora 36, but in 37 it doesn't anymore. The service can be disabled, and stays disabled, but the system tray icon keeps appearing. – Jerther Mar 03 '23 at 13:15
Mint 21 - success (of course, it's based on Ubuntu) – TheKitMurkit May 17 '24 at 20:25
this is not the actual solution for disabling startup trigger – Atif Shafi Dec 03 '24 at 16:43
3

Disable and stop, one liner : systemctl disable anydesk.service --now – useful Feb 07 '25 at 10:42
1

@AtifShafi it actually is the solution, because AnyDesk registers itself as service instead of using an autostart script. – Patrick Aug 20 '25 at 00:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '22 at 06:04

0

go to the .anydesk/ path(for example: mine is /home/pyruz/.anydesk), find autostart.conf and delete it. just this.

anydesk version: 6.1.1 , ubuntu version: 22.04 LTS

answered May 15 '22 at 06:04

Ebrahim Janbaaz

9

9

autostart.conf Not found in 6.2.1 – Hossein Kurd Dec 15 '22 at 07:31
2

As @HosseinKurd mentioned, the file doesn't exist in recent versions. Also, grep -rinw 'autos' /home/user/.anydesk returns nothing. – PavoDive Nov 19 '23 at 13:38

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '25 at 00:49

For 24.04 you can delete /home/username/.config/autostart/anydesk_global_tray.desktop

It does not show up in the autostart list via apps. I don't know if this is a failing of the app or whether it is not recognising the desktop file as an executable.

How to disable AnyDesk autostart in Ubuntu?

3 Answers3