Completely disable desktop Notes (KDE Plasma 5)

I'm running Fedora24/KDE5. Every time I accidentally middle click the desktop or drag a file/tab from a text editor onto it I get a "Note" stuck on the desktop.

I can remove it by right clicking the bottom part and choosing "Remove Note". I can disable the middle mouse action in desktop settings (from right click menu). I can't stop them appearing when dragging files (just noticed when dragging a tab from my text editor). I want them completely gone. Is there a package I can uninstall or some option to turn them off?

jozxyqk

Posted 2016-08-22T08:52:51.107

Reputation: 1 960

Answers

Right-click on the desktop
'Configure Desktop'
'Mouse Actions'
To the right of the button that says 'Middle-Button' there's a button that says 'Paste' and then some more buttons.
Click on the rightmost button that looks like a minus sign,
then click on 'OK' or 'Apply'.

Bryan Ritter

Posted 2016-08-22T08:52:51.107

Reputation: 76

Thank you! It is more than a little infuriating that I cannot find these mouse actions through search or through the system settings - terrible discoverability. – Job – 2020-01-06T08:41:23.437

You can remove individual notes by right clicking on the (almost invisible) border around the note and selecting "remove this note"

Ken Fallon

Posted 2016-08-22T08:52:51.107

Reputation: 51

No, you can't. No amount of clicking (left or right) gives me any such option. – Auspex – 2018-06-30T21:26:59.850

2It worked for me. – Pietro – 2018-09-25T15:53:08.083

@Auspex I had the same issue, a long clock in the border area did the trick for me. – Turtle10000 – 2019-07-07T09:42:39.193

this is the correct way of removing those notes that "appeared out of nowhere on the desktop" and it seems cannot be removed. KDE should REALLY have a X to wack them. – Jobst – 2019-08-27T06:39:12.263