I think the “save session” option on the logout screen in Xfce is dorky. So I found a way to remove it. Here are the steps: sudo mkdir /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk sudo vim /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc Add these lines: [xfce4-session] SaveSession=NONE Done. You can also do this to clear out any previously-saved sessions: rm -r ~/.cache/sessions/*