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How to disable Kwallet in kde plasma 5?

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In KDE4 that was quite simple. There was a Kwallet section in System Settings. I've tried to remove kwallet package, but plasma depends on it.

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Alexander Avatar asked Apr 12 '15 20:04

Alexander


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To disable the KDE wallet:

  1. (1) go to the KDE menu.
  2. (2) Type wallet, this will show KWalletManager.
  3. (3) Goto settings.
  4. (4) Uncheck "kwallet system active".

This will disable the kwallet subsystem.

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Vincent Vandalon Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 15:09

Vincent Vandalon