from https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/07/how-to-completely-disable-tracker.html Disable systemctl --user mask tracker-store.service tracker-miner-fs.service \ tracker-miner-rss.service tracker-extract.service \ tracker-miner-apps.service tracker-writeback.service tracker reset --hard Check with tracker status tracker daemon Enable again systemctl --user unmask tracker-store.service tracker-miner-fs.service \ tracker-miner-rss.service tracker-extract.service tracker-miner-apps.service tracker-writeback.service