Make Discord auto start on Ubuntu 20.04 & 22.04

Discord auto start on Ubuntu.md

The Discord app on linux ubuntu desktop does not start the app. But you can make it auto start by following this steps.

• Open Applications and search for Startup Applications

• Then click Add an input box will open, put the following information and Save.

  Name: Discord
  Command: /usr/bin/discord --tray
  

Now when you power on your PC the Discord app will open automecally on startup.

Hey guys, just as an addition to this guide, if you have discord installed through flatpak like I did and this didn't work for you, the command is "flatpak run com.discordapp.Discord" instead, the rest of the guide is the same. :)

Hey guys, just as an addition to this guide, if you have discord installed through flatpak like I did and this didn't work for you, the command is "flatpak run com.discordapp.Discord" instead, the rest of the guide is the same. :)

Thanks for sharing 😎

Hi,
You can also just create a symlink of the .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart which is more accurate.
The .desktop file position will change depending on the installation (flatpak, snap, .deb, ...), the possible lookup folders are references in $XDG_DATA_DIRS

So, a one liner to run in the terminal is:

ln -s "$(find $(echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS | tr ':' ' ') -iname '*discord*.desktop' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)" ~/.config/autostart

Hi, You can also just create a symlink of the .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart which is more accurate. The .desktop file position will change depending on the installation (flatpak, snap, .deb, ...), the possible lookup folders are references in $XDG_DATA_DIRS

So, a one liner to run in the terminal is:

ln -s "$(find $(echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS | tr ':' ' ') -iname '*discord*.desktop' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)" ~/.config/autostart

This is a much better solution. Thank you, @divad1196

The above cmd didn't minimize the client, this did for me:
discord --start-minimized

Thanks man!

Hi, You can also just create a symlink of the .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart which is more accurate. The .desktop file position will change depending on the installation (flatpak, snap, .deb, ...), the possible lookup folders are references in $XDG_DATA_DIRS

So, a one liner to run in the terminal is:

ln -s "$(find $(echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS | tr ':' ' ') -iname '*discord*.desktop' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)" ~/.config/autostart

Thanks Man!