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Lately, pgAdmin would automatically launch on boot. I'm using KDE, and there is no entry for pgAdmin in Autostart, nor was there any in ~/.config/autostart (tho' I'm guessing Autostart uses the file from there anyway).










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    Lately, pgAdmin would automatically launch on boot. I'm using KDE, and there is no entry for pgAdmin in Autostart, nor was there any in ~/.config/autostart (tho' I'm guessing Autostart uses the file from there anyway).










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      Lately, pgAdmin would automatically launch on boot. I'm using KDE, and there is no entry for pgAdmin in Autostart, nor was there any in ~/.config/autostart (tho' I'm guessing Autostart uses the file from there anyway).










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      Lately, pgAdmin would automatically launch on boot. I'm using KDE, and there is no entry for pgAdmin in Autostart, nor was there any in ~/.config/autostart (tho' I'm guessing Autostart uses the file from there anyway).







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          You can disable startup services using:



          sudo systemctl stop postgresql
          sudo systemctl disable postgresql





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          • It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
            – Bobby Wibowo
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          Turns out it was due to pgadmin4 was still running in the background, so it would launch itself again on next logins. I just killed the process with old school pkill -f pgadmin4 and it would no longer automatically launch itself on next logins. There's no need to stop postgresql service.






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          • It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
            – Ezze
            Dec 4 at 12:26


















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          Facing the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. The key problem is that KDE saves desktop session and restores it on reboot. That's why pgAdmin 4 starts automatically if it was running before reboot.



          In order to fix this go to "System Settings", select "Startup and Shutdown" tab in "Workspace" section and then select "Desktop session":



          Desktop session



          You will see that "Restore previous session" box is enabled in "On Login" section there. If you want to exclude pgAdmin 4 only from being restored on login then just type a full path to its executable in "Applications to be excluded from sessions":



          /usr/bin/pgAdmin4


          You can detect a path by running:



          which pgAdmin4


          If you don't want to save desktop session related data then another simple solution is to tick "Start with an empty session" box.



          After that click "Apply" button and reboot the system. Now pgAdmin 4 will start and open a browser only when you make it explicitly.






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            You can disable startup services using:



            sudo systemctl stop postgresql
            sudo systemctl disable postgresql





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            • It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
              – Bobby Wibowo
              Sep 23 at 15:00















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            You can disable startup services using:



            sudo systemctl stop postgresql
            sudo systemctl disable postgresql





            share|improve this answer





















            • It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
              – Bobby Wibowo
              Sep 23 at 15:00













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            You can disable startup services using:



            sudo systemctl stop postgresql
            sudo systemctl disable postgresql





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            You can disable startup services using:



            sudo systemctl stop postgresql
            sudo systemctl disable postgresql






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            • It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
              – Bobby Wibowo
              Sep 23 at 15:00


















            • It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
              – Bobby Wibowo
              Sep 23 at 15:00
















            It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
            – Bobby Wibowo
            Sep 23 at 15:00




            It would stop postgresql server from starting on boot, but it wouldn't stop pgadmin (even if there'd be no online servers that could be accessed from it). Either way, I don't mind the sql server starting on boot, in fact I desired that, I just don't want pgadmin in particular to do so.
            – Bobby Wibowo
            Sep 23 at 15:00












            up vote
            0
            down vote



            accepted










            Turns out it was due to pgadmin4 was still running in the background, so it would launch itself again on next logins. I just killed the process with old school pkill -f pgadmin4 and it would no longer automatically launch itself on next logins. There's no need to stop postgresql service.






            share|improve this answer





















            • It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
              – Ezze
              Dec 4 at 12:26















            up vote
            0
            down vote



            accepted










            Turns out it was due to pgadmin4 was still running in the background, so it would launch itself again on next logins. I just killed the process with old school pkill -f pgadmin4 and it would no longer automatically launch itself on next logins. There's no need to stop postgresql service.






            share|improve this answer





















            • It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
              – Ezze
              Dec 4 at 12:26













            up vote
            0
            down vote



            accepted







            up vote
            0
            down vote



            accepted






            Turns out it was due to pgadmin4 was still running in the background, so it would launch itself again on next logins. I just killed the process with old school pkill -f pgadmin4 and it would no longer automatically launch itself on next logins. There's no need to stop postgresql service.






            share|improve this answer












            Turns out it was due to pgadmin4 was still running in the background, so it would launch itself again on next logins. I just killed the process with old school pkill -f pgadmin4 and it would no longer automatically launch itself on next logins. There's no need to stop postgresql service.







            share|improve this answer












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            answered Sep 26 at 10:33









            Bobby Wibowo

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            • It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
              – Ezze
              Dec 4 at 12:26


















            • It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
              – Ezze
              Dec 4 at 12:26
















            It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
            – Ezze
            Dec 4 at 12:26




            It was pkill -f pgAdmin4 for me instead of pkill -f pgadmin4. I confirm it works but next time you run pgAdmin you have to kill it again if you don't want to start it automatically on next boot.
            – Ezze
            Dec 4 at 12:26










            up vote
            0
            down vote













            Facing the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. The key problem is that KDE saves desktop session and restores it on reboot. That's why pgAdmin 4 starts automatically if it was running before reboot.



            In order to fix this go to "System Settings", select "Startup and Shutdown" tab in "Workspace" section and then select "Desktop session":



            Desktop session



            You will see that "Restore previous session" box is enabled in "On Login" section there. If you want to exclude pgAdmin 4 only from being restored on login then just type a full path to its executable in "Applications to be excluded from sessions":



            /usr/bin/pgAdmin4


            You can detect a path by running:



            which pgAdmin4


            If you don't want to save desktop session related data then another simple solution is to tick "Start with an empty session" box.



            After that click "Apply" button and reboot the system. Now pgAdmin 4 will start and open a browser only when you make it explicitly.






            share|improve this answer

























              up vote
              0
              down vote













              Facing the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. The key problem is that KDE saves desktop session and restores it on reboot. That's why pgAdmin 4 starts automatically if it was running before reboot.



              In order to fix this go to "System Settings", select "Startup and Shutdown" tab in "Workspace" section and then select "Desktop session":



              Desktop session



              You will see that "Restore previous session" box is enabled in "On Login" section there. If you want to exclude pgAdmin 4 only from being restored on login then just type a full path to its executable in "Applications to be excluded from sessions":



              /usr/bin/pgAdmin4


              You can detect a path by running:



              which pgAdmin4


              If you don't want to save desktop session related data then another simple solution is to tick "Start with an empty session" box.



              After that click "Apply" button and reboot the system. Now pgAdmin 4 will start and open a browser only when you make it explicitly.






              share|improve this answer























                up vote
                0
                down vote










                up vote
                0
                down vote









                Facing the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. The key problem is that KDE saves desktop session and restores it on reboot. That's why pgAdmin 4 starts automatically if it was running before reboot.



                In order to fix this go to "System Settings", select "Startup and Shutdown" tab in "Workspace" section and then select "Desktop session":



                Desktop session



                You will see that "Restore previous session" box is enabled in "On Login" section there. If you want to exclude pgAdmin 4 only from being restored on login then just type a full path to its executable in "Applications to be excluded from sessions":



                /usr/bin/pgAdmin4


                You can detect a path by running:



                which pgAdmin4


                If you don't want to save desktop session related data then another simple solution is to tick "Start with an empty session" box.



                After that click "Apply" button and reboot the system. Now pgAdmin 4 will start and open a browser only when you make it explicitly.






                share|improve this answer












                Facing the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. The key problem is that KDE saves desktop session and restores it on reboot. That's why pgAdmin 4 starts automatically if it was running before reboot.



                In order to fix this go to "System Settings", select "Startup and Shutdown" tab in "Workspace" section and then select "Desktop session":



                Desktop session



                You will see that "Restore previous session" box is enabled in "On Login" section there. If you want to exclude pgAdmin 4 only from being restored on login then just type a full path to its executable in "Applications to be excluded from sessions":



                /usr/bin/pgAdmin4


                You can detect a path by running:



                which pgAdmin4


                If you don't want to save desktop session related data then another simple solution is to tick "Start with an empty session" box.



                After that click "Apply" button and reboot the system. Now pgAdmin 4 will start and open a browser only when you make it explicitly.







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