{"id":46956,"date":"2024-07-27T16:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46956"},"modified":"2024-07-27T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:28:31","slug":"disable-update-notifier-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/disable-update-notifier-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable Update Notifier Indicator (Refresh Icon) in Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ubuntu 24.04 has a new circular arrow indicator icon in top right system tray, when there are available system updates. By clicking on it allows to quickly launch Software Updater<\/i> (Update Manager) tool for installing updates.<\/p>\n

If you don’t like that indicator icon, here’s how to disable it, as well as stop checking for updates automatically.<\/p>\n

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Indicator icon reminding there are system updates<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stop Checking for Updates Automatically<\/h3>\n

Ubuntu by default checks for updates automatically in daily basis. To disable this behavior, simply launch Software & Updates<\/b>, then navigate to Updates<\/b> tab, finally set “Automatically check for updates” option to Never<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Tips<\/b>: for KUbuntu, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> to open terminal and run sudo software-properties-qt<\/code> command to launch the tool.<\/p>\n

Disable the Refresh Icon in system tray<\/h3>\n

The refresh icon in the top-right system tray area is handled by update-notifier<\/code>, the daemon which notifies about package updates.<\/p>\n

The daemon package installs a .desktop<\/code> config file under \/etc\/xdg\/autostart<\/code> directory. So that, it runs automatically at every login. Simply disable the config file will stop the daemon for notifying software updates.<\/p>\n

To do so, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> to open up a terminal window and run command to re-name the file extension:<\/p>\n

sudo mv \/etc\/xdg\/autostart\/update-notifier.desktop \/etc\/xdg\/autostart\/update-notifier.desktop.back<\/pre>\n
After that, it does no longer start automatically at next boot.<\/p>\n
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There’s also a ubuntu-advantage-notification.desktop<\/code> file auto-run at login that notifies user if user has not connected to Ubuntu Advantage, though I never see that notification. For choice, you may disable it by running command:<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/xdg\/autostart\/ && sudo mv ubuntu-advantage-notification.desktop ubuntu-advantage-notification.desktop.back<\/pre>\n
The daemon as well provides some systemd services to notify crash, livepath, and newer Ubuntu releases. They are:<\/p>\n