How do I close Discord in GNOME?

Question

When I click X or use ALT+F4 to close Discord, the application disappears from the taskbar. But I'm still online, receiving messages and notifications in Ubuntu when new messages arrive.

So how do I actually close the application? I'd rather not have to use the terminal every time I want to close it. (Not bashing the terminal, but I feel I shouldn't have to use it for this)

score 40 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 22 '18 at 17:13

40

I don't know why nobody is aware this shortcut but here it is: Ctrl + q shuts Discord down.

edited Jun 22 '18 at 17:13

pomsky

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answered Mar 11 '18 at 10:47

petak5

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score 23 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 06 '19 at 20:20

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Click on the Cog icon(⚙️) in Left bottom to open User Settings.
Go to Linux Settings and disable "Minimise to Tray".
Click on "X" to close the app.
To check whether app is running or not, look for "Discord" in System Monitor, or open a terminal and run
```
ps aux | grep discord
```
The output will show that no Discord process running now.

edited Aug 06 '19 at 20:20

Kulfy

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answered Aug 06 '19 at 13:29

stan

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score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '17 at 09:36

Discord stays open as a background application with a system tray icon. The "Ubuntu appindicators" extension which is responsible for showing these icons, fails to show many app icons, electron based apps especially.

You may install TopIcons Plus extension to show the icon for Discord.

How do I close Discord in GNOME?

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