Thunar - Man Page

File Manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment

Synopsis

Thunar [options] [[URI]...]

Thunar [options] --bulk-rename [[URI]...]

Thunar [options] --quit

Description

Thunar is a fast and easy to use file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment​. It has been designed from the ground up to be lighweight with special focus on usability​. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any confusing or useless options​.

Invocation

Thunar takes a list of URIs for folders that should be opened in new file manager windows or files that should be selected in new file manager windows​. The URIs may be specified as either file: or trash: URIs, absolute paths or paths relative to the current directory from which Thunar is being invoked​. If no URIs are specified, the current folder will be opened in a new file manager window​.

When the --bulk-rename option is specified no file managers windows will be opened, but instead the URIs will be passed to the bulk renamer​. The bulk renamer allows one to rename several files or folders at once using different renamer modules​.

Options

-?,  --help

Print brief help and exit​.

-V,  --version

Print version information and exit​.

-B,  --bulk-rename

Open the URIs in a standalone window of the bulk renamer​.

--daemon

Do not terminate the Thunar instance when the last window is closed, but keep it running to speed up opening new windows later on​. This is the default when spawning Thunar as part of the default Xfce session or when using D-Bus activation​.

--display=DISPLAY

Use the specified X DISPLAY for the user interface​.

-q,  --quit

Terminate any Thunar instance running in the background (spawned using the --daemon option)​. This command should be used whenever Thunar is upgraded to a new version to ensure that no old instance is reused​.

Author

Thunar was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce​.org>​.

This manual page was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce​.org>​.

Info

09/12/2026