Remove or disable krdpserver in Plasma 6.1

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Hi,

How can i disable krdpserver for starting with system. I don’t need it and I don’t like having another icon in tray.

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I don’t remember Plasma KRDP service having a system tray icon, but if it does - you can force to the overflow menu by configuring the system tray.

Regardless, you can disable the Plasma RDP service by going into System Settings → Remote Desktop and toggling the switch in the upper right corner. It is not enabled by default so if it is running it will only be because you enabled it, using that switch, at some point.

Lastly, you didn’t mention what operating system you use, but if it uses systemd then you can completely disable the krdp server from ever starting again by disabling it’s systemd service by running the following terminal command:

systemctl --user disable --now plasma-krdp_server.service
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Thanks I was just looking for service name, could not find it.
I don’t thing i have enbled it it just show up after some update (I’m on kde neon).

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Can you share a screenshot of the icon?

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here you go:
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Like you say it’s plasma-krdp_server.service that is resposible for this icon. Don’t now why it was enabled but disabling it works :slight_smile: .

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I actually didn’t notice that icon in the overflow menu :sweat_smile:

I think there is a real problem here - if you disable the server in the Remote Desktop KCM it just quits it (the same as right clicking the “RDP Server” icon in the overflow menu and selecting “Quit”, but it will come back on when you next log in.

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I just realize that…

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On my system with today’s Neon updates installed, I could not even flip the switch to disable the RDP server in the system settings. It was enabled (even though I don’t recall ever enabling it) and greyed out.
Once I ran
systemctl --user disable --now plasma-krdp_server.service
the toggle switched to off and now I can actually flip the switch to enable it again.
Is this intended behaviour or a bug?

Extra info - On the ‘Remote Desktop’ page in System Settings there were no users present under ‘Usernames’ and ‘Autostart on login’ was not enabled. Yet, the RDP server was in fact enabled and nagging me after login to allow permissions (which I did not).

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I want to add that I checked my system tray when I first read this, and did not have the RDP server icon. But, then I went to Ksettings and checked the Remote Desktop page. it was disabled and waiting for a user to be added. I did nothing on the page but open it up for the first time ever, as I do not use any RDP for security reasons. Then after a reboot (no updates) suddenly the RDP server icon is showing up in my system tray. Seems all you have to do is look at it to cause it to enable the icon. The service is still actually disabled however.

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I have the same problem. I actually wanted to use KRDP but it’s not working… no matter what I do or set.
Since it is not working I disabled it but it keeps comming back next time I log in.
KDE plasma wayland update 6.1.3 didn’t fix the problem.

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I have the similar issue. RDP server once enabled in System Settings->Remote Desktop keeps re-enabling itself after each system restart.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. System Settings->Remote Desktop: click ‘Enable RDP server’ (Effect: toggle button becomes activated, ‘xdg-desktop-portal-kde’ and ‘RDP server’ icons appears in taskbar)
  2. System Settings->Remote Desktop: click Enable RDP server (Effect: toggle button becomes deactivated)
  3. Click on ‘xdg-desktop-portal-kde’ in taskbar and choose End (Effect: ‘RDP Server’ icon in taskbar disappears, along with ‘xdg-desktop-portal-kde’).
  4. Restart system.
  5. After logging in, both ‘xdg-desktop-portal-kde’ and ‘RDP server’ icons appear in taskbar and toggle button ‘Enable RDP server’ is activated in System Settings->Remote Desktop.
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I checked with System Settings->Desktop Session->‘On login, launch apps that were open’ set to:

  • ‘Start with empty session’
  • and to ‘On last logout’.
    The result is the same.
Operating System: KDE neon 6.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Kernel Version: 6.5.0-45-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 7,2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP EliteBook 840 G3
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Exactly the same thing happens to me, I have tried everything to solve it but nothing.

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EDIT - NVM… thought I had it fixed, but alas… not. Also the check box does nothing on the request query box upon login (see below). This is significant as I do not want any remote services running at all. None. Ever.

Screenshot_20240729_115430

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You don’t have to worry. It still doesn’t work)) I wanted to set up remote access, but it complains about the pipware session and closes the connection.

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So, after a weekend fighting with Wayland, and now being back in X11, I have discovered that that the service is once again properly disabled in X11 and the tray icon is no longer present. I hesitate to go and look in Ksettings to see if it is disabled there, as the last time I did that, the simple act of viewing the page (not interacting with it) turned on the server. I will boot to Wayland and see if it is disabled there too, but I suspect it will be active - which concerns me as that then kicks X11 back into enabling it again.

This mornings update to QT to 6.7.2 (did we skip a version as I swear it was 6.7.0 before?) may have solved the problem.

(edit - its now disabled in Wayland too - so thats good).

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I was having this issue too on Wayland. It was not resolved after updating to QT 6.7.2, but I seem to have found a way to disable it and it stays disabled even after rebooting.

Go to System Settings > Remote Desktop:

  • Disable the RDP server toggle at the top right
  • Click “Defaults” button at the bottom left
  • Click “Apply” at bottom right

I then rebooted and didn’t get the “Remote control requested” popup again.

Hope this works for others.

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Hi,

I did this method without realizing it (Default) and RDP did not start again at system startup.

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None of these solutions work on the system (kde neon 6.0 plasma 6.13).

I disable the service as root for all users.

the root command:

# systemctl --global disable plasma-krdp_server.service
Removed /etc/systemd/user/graphical-session.target.wants/plasma-krdp_server.service.

Similary for enable.

K0nki

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Thanks for this. It popped up a few days ago after an update on my KDE Neon 6.3 system and I didn’t know how to keep it permanently disabled. Luckily I found your instructions, which worked for me, and after reboot RDP Server was no longer showing in my system tray and stayed disabled in Settings > Remote Desktop :+1: