Deactivate the plug-in

Once the plug-in is installed, Discord Rich Presence is automatically started on Eclipse startup. As a result, Discord displays Playing Eclipse IDE as a status message as soon as Eclipse IDE is opened. This behavior may not be desirable but can be easily deactivated.

Deactivate occasionally

The plug-in provides a preference to deactivate its behavior:

  1. Open Eclipse Preferences (Window > Preferences)
  2. Open the plug-in’s page (Discord Rich Presence)
  3. Uncheck Activate Rich Presence Integration
  4. Click on Apply

From that time on, Discord won’t be notified anymore by Eclipse IDE. In order to re-activate Rich Presence, follow the steps above and check Activate Rich Presence Integration again.

Deactive the plug-in for a long time

While convenient, the previous method is not really optimized. Indeed, even if no Rich Presence is shown on Discord the plug-in is still activated and is notified each time a new editor opens, which may cause a little overhead.

Follow the steps below to completely deactivate the plug-in:

  1. Open Eclipse Preferences (Window > Preferences)
  2. Open the Startup and Shutdown page (General > Startup and Shutdown)
  3. Uncheck Discord Rich Presence for Eclipse IDE
  4. Reboot Eclipse IDE

From that time on, Discord won’t be notified anymore by Eclipse IDE. In order to re-activate Rich Presence, follow the steps above and check Discord Rich Presence for Eclipse IDE again then reboot the IDE.