# Lockscreen not working after update to 21.10

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/lockscreen-not-working-after-update-to-21-10/5394>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [October 15, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/lockscreen-not-working-after-update-to-21-10/5394 "2021-10-15T16:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/lockscreen-not-working-after-update-to-21-10/5394/24 "2021-11-22T18:37:15Z")

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Note to all … if you don’t use gnome-shell then this solution is easier and quicker to do

> [@Lock screen not working in 21.10](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/lock-screen-not-working-in-21-10/5466/11):
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> So to remove GDM3 sudo apt purge gdm3 To remove gnome-shell-common sudo apt purge gnome-shell-common Remember you can in Ubuntu install multiple desktop environments - you choose which desktop environment you want to launch via the login screen - so click on the “budgie” icon next to the password field to see which desktop environments you want to switch to. When I say “break GNOME Shell installation” - its just that it means you will no longer have the ability to login to GNOME Shell via t…

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