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Getting rid of Tracker on Linux Desktops

Getting rid of Tracker on Linux Desktops

Every now and then processes around the unwanted ‘tracker’ spyware eats my CPU and turns my laptop into a loud hairdryer.

Unfortunately it’s often impossible to uninstall it without loosing half the desktop-related packages.

This is how to stop it once and for all (per user, as user):

systemctl --user stop tracker-extract.service systemctl --user stop tracker-store.service systemctl --user disable tracker-extract.service systemctl --user disable tracker-store.service killall tracker-miner-fs killall tracker-miner-apps killall tracker-extract killall tracker-store rm -rf ~/.cache/tracker/

 

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