Everytime I start Dropbox (in Precise) it gets added to the autostart list even if I deleted the entry before. I don't want Dropbox to be started when I log in only when I want it to. How to prevent Dropbox to be automatically added to the autostart list?
4 Answers
Command-line option might also work:
$ dropbox autostart n
From:
$ man dropbox
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It fix the problem but if I start dropbox manually then it activate start on next reboot Mar 14, 2018 at 4:06
Click on the icon, preferences, then uncheck the box "Start Dropbox on system startup".
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1Oh my goodness, I totally overlooked this, after doing a fresh installation of Precise. Haha, thanks.– joschiMay 30, 2012 at 14:37
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2That doesn't work because some very evil and/or stupid people work at Dropbox. The checkbox is ignored; you have to use
dropbox autostart [ny]
Apr 18, 2018 at 8:40 -
1Tried everything, even
dropbox autostart n
not helped.. It's really ugly from Dropbox to make such mess :( onlysudo apt remove dropbox
finally helped.. :/– JuroshMay 11, 2018 at 22:39
By default, dropbox will start automatically at login. The update-rc.d command is not concerned here. (/etc/rc*.d/directories don't contain dropbox). There is no service "dropbox" (/etc/init.d don't contain dropbox)
If you have installed dropbox with ".deb" package (sudo dpkg -i dropbox.deb), then you may have the executable /usr/bin/dropbox
To disable the dropbox auto-start :
/usr/bin/dropbox autostart n
To enable the dropbox auto-start :
/usr/bin/dropbox autostart y
None of the above worked for me at Lubuntu 18.04, i3wm session. What I have done to fix that was:
Install Dropbox manually from the site www.dropbox.com/install
32-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
64-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
Use the official python scrypt to manage Dropbox.