[Resolved] How do I prevent a program from auto-starting?

[tovian]

Someone recently wrote about "Anydesk" being a good replacement for TeamViewer so I installed it.
That's the kind of program I use ONLY on-demand... I DO NOT want it (Anydesk) running 24x7 in the background.

Anydesk autostarts when Linux or KDE starts, and the icon sits in the tray. I have looked in every location I know to look and cannot find a way to prevent the autostart. The app interface also does not give that option.

Does anyone know other places I can look to defeat this little critter? If not, I will uninstall it and never look back.

Thanks in advance !!

[Mute Ant]

"... looked in every location I know to look..." An invitation for a stream of suggestions you have already tried? It sounds like a daemon, I would...

1) Try a ps -e to look for the running-in-the-background command, then look for a systemd service with that name.
...or...
2) Un-zip a copy of the debian package to see what it installs and where.

[Flemur]

That's the kind of program I use ONLY on-demand... I DO NOT want it (Anydesk) running 24x7 in the background.

I feel your pain.

There should be a "Startup Applications" in your menu; if you're lucky, it'll be listed there.
Also check
~/.config/autostart
for *.desktop files.

Edit: to see the enabled services (Mint 18.x only):

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systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled

[tovian]

There should be a "Startup Applications" in your menu; if you're lucky, it'll be listed there.
Also check
~/.config/autostart
for *.desktop files.

I had already checked those and found nothing. Also, I'm having the issue on an earlier version (pre-18). I have a feeling it's a service, I just haven't proved it yet. I know TeamViewer wants to run its service 24x7, but in Windows that's very easy to defeat.

THANKS for your input !!

[Flemur]

I have a feeling it's a service, I just haven't proved it yet.

Didja check for the service?

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systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled

Look thru the output for something related to "team viewer".

[WharfRat]

Look in /etc/xdg/autostart/ for a file called anydesk.desktop

[phd21]

Hi tovian,

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

I have both Anydesk and Teamviewer installed and like you I do not want them automatically starting with my system.

1.) Anydesk: I think WharfRat is on the right track. I disabled the anydesk autostart by moving their anydesk.desktop file to my documents folder from the autostart folder. They should have the option to not start it automatically.

type in the command below to see where the anydesk files are located on your system, then move the anydesk.desktop file from the autostart location to somewhere else or delete it.

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locate anydesk

2.) Teamviewer's default typical Linux installation installs an always running "teamviewerd" service daemon which can be turned off or disabled until you restart it (enable it) from the console terminal. OR, you can use their portable archive file without integrating it into your system which does not install the "teamviewerd" service (this is what I do now). There are slight differences in the two versions, but they both work perfectly.

See post below on Linux services
How to disable bluetooth at startup - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=268219&hilit=service

For using the TeamViewer archive (portable) version, Install the following QT dependency packages from the "Synaptic Package Manager (SPM)":
qml-module-qtquick-dialogs (5.5.1-1ubuntu1)
qml-module-qtquick-extras (5.5.1-1ubuntu1)
qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets (5.5.1-1ubuntu1)
qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin (5.5.1-1ubuntu1)

Teamviewer 13 download 64-bit Linux archive install
https://download.teamviewer.com/downloa ... d64.tar.xz

Teamviewer 13 download 32-bit Linux archive install
https://download.teamviewer.com/downloa ... 386.tar.xz

If you have the typical Teamviewer installed from their Linux "deb" file and want to control the teamviewer service daemon:
First, find out exactly what your Teamviewer service is called (teamviewerd).

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sudo service --status-all

Then, there are 2 options for controlling the service:

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sudo service teamviewerd stop

*** or this permanently disables a service until you enable it again, even after restarting (rebooting).

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sudo systemctl disable teamviewerd.service

Hope this helps ...

[DAMIEN1307]

have you tried "bootup-manager" yet?...DAMIEN

[tovian]

Look in /etc/xdg/autostart/ for a file called anydesk.desktop

Perfect !!! Found it; moved it; no more autostart.

@phd21 - excellent information.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all who assisted !!!

[phd21]

Hi tovian,

You are welcome from all of us that replied...

[Vlad4]

sudo systemctl disable anydesk.service

[rustleg]

sudo systemctl disable anydesk.service

Yes this does it, thanks. Removing /etc/xdg/autostart/anydesk.desktop doesn't work, it just gets put back. (not sure if that's exactly the filename cause it's gone permanently!)