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.

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!