# Allow the user to "Quit" Discover

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/allow-the-user-to-quit-discover/41198>\
**Category:** Brainstorm\
**Tags:** discover\
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/allow-the-user-to-quit-discover/41198 "2025-10-31T13:01:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rokejulianlockhart](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/rokejulianlockhart/32/29718_2.png) [@rokejulianlockhart](https://discuss.kde.org/u/rokejulianlockhart)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/allow-the-user-to-quit-discover/41198/1 "2025-10-31T13:01:20Z")

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#### Context

I’m unable to upgrade to Fedora 43 via Discover, because the banner merely disappears when I click the button to: \[1\] \[2\]

> **[Mr. Beedell, Roke JL (RJLB) (@rokejulianlockh@pixelfed.social)](https://pixelfed.social/p/rokejulianlockh/889865782261222032)**
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> For https://discuss.kde.org/t/allow-the-user-to-quit-discover/41198?u=rokejulianlockhart, per https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelFed/comments/1i5222d/comment/nmd8bqq/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button.

#### Desire

Consequently, I am updating via DNF5’s CLI. \[4\] However, as @broadstairs corroborates, `plasma-discover` continues to operate in the background, and we see no way to prevent this, \[5\] except by sending a `SIGTERM`: \[6\]

> Once I start Discover, which is only used for Flatpak management, the program never ends. When I click the close button on the screen, it disappears into the background, rather than ending. In order for it not to continue, I have to use KSysGuard to kill it.
> 
> Why is there no option to exit the program completely? I only need to use it rarely for Flatpak, and do not ever use it for general system maintenance: there are better tools for this, so I need it to end, completely, when I’ve finished. Can anyone explain why it works this way, and how I might go about getting it changed?

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1. [`bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=180313`](https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=180313&action=edit) 

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3. [`meta.discourse.org/t/28114/16`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quickly-explain-what-onebox-is/28114/16?u=rokejulianlockhart) 

4. [`pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs/blob/20028c532d3fd62af8dead9ba589e02df017ba6c/f/modules/ROOT/pages/upgrading-fedora-offline.adoc#_51`](https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs/blob/20028c532d3fd62af8dead9ba589e02df017ba6c/f/modules/ROOT/pages/upgrading-fedora-offline.adoc#_51) 

5. [`forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff=225&t=166423.html#p433527`](https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff=225&t=166423.html#p433527:~:text=Board%20index-,Discover%20has%20no%20Quit%20option,-Page%201%20of) 

6. [`stackoverflow.com/revisions/690631/6`](https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/690631/6#:~:text=SIGTERM%20tells%20an%20application%20to%20terminate.%20The%20other%20signals%20tell%20the%20application%20other%20things%20which%20are%20unrelated%20to%20shutdown%20but%20may%20sometimes%20have%20the%20same%20result.)

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**Author:** ![rokejulianlockhart](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/rokejulianlockhart/32/29718_2.png) [@rokejulianlockhart](https://discuss.kde.org/u/rokejulianlockhart)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/allow-the-user-to-quit-discover/41198/2 "2026-04-20T21:46:07Z")

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This is, now, indirectly possible:

> [@This Week in Plasma: Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and Wayland Session Restore - KDE Blogs](https://discuss.kde.org/t/this-week-in-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops-and-wayland-session-restore-kde-blogs/46307/1):
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> You can now optionally set Discover to quit after installing updates. \[1\]

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1. Taras Oleksyn, [KDE Bugzilla #508743](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508743)