xfce4-session-logout(1)

xfce4-session-logout1

Logs out from xfce

Usage

xfce4-session-logout

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the xfce4-session-logout command.

The xfce4-session-logout command allows you to programmatically logout from your Xfce session. It requests the session manager to display the logout confirmation screen, or, if given one of the command-line options below, causes the session manager to take the requested action immediately.

Options

xfce4-session-logout takes the following command line options:

--logout

Log out without displaying the logout dialog.

--halt

Halt without displaing the logout dialog.

--reboot

Reboot without displaying the logout dialog.

--suspend

Suspend without displaying the logout dialog.

--hibernate

Hibernate without displaying the logout dialog.

--hybrid-sleep

Hybrid Sleep without displaying the logout dialog.

--fast

Do a fast shutdown. This instructs the session manager not to save the session, but instead to quit everything quickly.

--help

Print a help screen and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0–10
  4. 11–12
  5. 13–Arch

--fast since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --halt since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --hibernate since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --hybrid-sleep since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --logout since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --reboot since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --suspend since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

xfce4-session-logout and this manual page were written by Brian Tarricone <[email protected]> and Benedikt Meurer <[email protected]> as part of the Xfce project.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/.

From xfce4-session 4.20.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.