How do I disable the Super key?

Question

I want to disable the Super key, when I press Super nothing should happen.

How can I do that?

score 72 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 21 '18 at 13:36

72

You can change that in Compiz.

Install compizconfig-settings-manager

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Hit Alt+F2, type about:config and hit Enter to open the Unity configuration.

Or run ccsm on the command line.
Change or disable the shortcut for Key to show the launcher as you like to free your Super key:

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edited Jun 21 '18 at 13:36

answered Feb 19 '12 at 13:17

desgua

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '20 at 16:42

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In Ubuntu 20.04, running this command works for me:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

answered Oct 05 '20 at 16:42

brianpeiris

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 16 '14 at 01:53

21

Execute the following command and then log in Unity desktop environment again.

dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/show-launcher '""'

In Ubuntu 12.04 and later:

gconftool-2 --set "/apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/show_launcher" --type string ""

edited Jan 16 '14 at 01:53

brandoncurtis

answered Jan 02 '13 at 06:53

FourDollars

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '12 at 06:04

11

Just putting the following lines into your ~/.Xmodmap and then log out and log in Unity again.

keycode 133 = NoSymbol
keycode 134 = NoSymbol

answered Dec 31 '12 at 06:04

FourDollars

Mehrshad Khansarian · Answer 5 · 2024-09-20T13:10:35.810

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As @user.dz has mentioned here, you can install gnome-tweaks either from Ubuntu Software or apt.

Then, going through Keyboard & Mouse, under Keyboard, you can set Overview Shortcut to Right Super.

It happened to work for me since I almost always use the left Command key on my Mac.

edited Sep 20 '24 at 13:10

answered Dec 06 '23 at 15:33

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