---
name: "lxsession-edit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lxsession"
version: "1:0.5.7-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lxsession-edit"
---

# lxsession-edit(1)

GUI session editor for LXDE

## NAME

lxsession-edit - GUI session editor for LXDE

## SYNOPSIS

**lxsession-edit** \[*name*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**lxsession-edit** is an application that allows changing the list of applications that will run when a session starts. The session *name* can be specified or retrieved from environment variables (see below). Otherwise, *LXDE* is the default.

## ENVIRONMENT

- *XDG\_CURRENT\_DESKTOP*

  default variable to get the session name

- *DESKTOP\_SESSION*

  fallback variable to get the session name

## NOTES

It follows the Freedesktop.org Autostart Specification.

## AUTHORS

This manual page is written by Andriy Grytsenko \<andrej@rep.kiev.ua\>.