Winapps still startup although everything has been removed and uninstalled

[Bum-ux]

I have been using winapps for a while and its very helpful with someone using arch linux and others OS. However, i have a big problem with my winapps. It really annoy because my laptop only has 8gb rams but the winapps keep startup when i turn on my laptop and i alway need to turn it off by using terminal. After looking for the solution, i found that i can uninstall by run the Winapps Install. Im glad that they have uninstall option for who want to remove Winapps quickly without remove manually. I chose uninstall system and it said that uninstallation complete. I also remove 2 files they recommend that is Winapps in .config folder and winapp-src in bin folder. I reboot it and it still startup and i need to turn it off again.

Hope someone help me with this big problem.

[yudin-s]

The WinApps uninstall option only removes the WinApps integration layer: the winapps/winapps-setup scripts, generated .desktop launchers, app data/icons, and protocol handler entries. It does not remove or disable the Windows VM/container that WinApps connects to. That is why Windows can still start after winapps-setup --system --uninstall.

Check which backend you used and stop/disable that part separately:

# Docker backend
docker ps -a --filter name=WinApps
docker compose --file ~/.config/winapps/compose.yaml down

# If you really want to remove the Windows container disk too:
docker compose --file ~/.config/winapps/compose.yaml down --rmi=all --volumes

For Podman, use the same idea with podman-compose:

podman ps -a --filter name=WinApps
podman-compose --file ~/.config/winapps/compose.yaml down

If you used the libvirt backend, check whether the VM is set to autostart. The WinApps docs name the default VM RDPWindows, unless you changed VM_NAME in ~/.config/winapps/winapps.conf.

virsh dominfo RDPWindows | grep Autostart
virsh autostart --disable RDPWindows
virsh shutdown RDPWindows

If you installed the optional winapps-launcher separately, also remove/disable that package or its desktop autostart entry, because it is a separate tray tool and is not removed by the main setup script.

So the short version is: the WinApps uninstall succeeded, but your Windows backend is still installed/autostarting. First run docker ps -a, podman ps -a, and virsh list --all; whichever one shows WinApps/RDPWindows is the part to stop or disable.

If that fixes it, please mark this as the answer so the next person with the same uninstall/autostart issue can find it quickly.

[Bum-ux]

Thank you a lot for your solution, yudin. By your guidance and a little bit with AI, i found the problem and the solution that is from the docker. I just need to remove the WinApps container and it works. I reboot and the WinApps is not autostart again.

Again, thank you a lot for your guidance, yudin.