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I used:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "[]"

to disable Alt+Tab and to disable Alt+F4 respectively.

In Ubuntu 14.04: Alt+F4 worked, Alt+Tab failed (meaning the gsettings succeeded but the short-cut is still active)

In Debian 8: Both Alt+F4 and Alt+Tab failed

How can I solve this problem? (Or is there another way to disable short-cuts through the command line?)

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You used the same key binding to try to do different things: the correct ones are:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "[]"

If you did that already, try setting then to something ridiculously complex like ['Above_Tab'] that you will never type by accident, as your goal is to not type it accidentally...

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  • As you're a reputation 1 user: If this answer helped you, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of this text, which means Yes, this answer is valid! ;-) – Fabby Aug 30 '15 at 16:31
  • Sorry about spelling error, gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "[]" is the command i used. But there is no effect. – waitianlou Aug 31 '15 at 1:04
  • Have you tried setting them to something ridiculously complex like ['<Ctrl><Alt><Shift><Super>Above_Tab'] that you will never type by accident? (If your goal is to never type it by accident. If not: What is your goal?) – Fabby Aug 31 '15 at 6:43
  • Hello? You were here on Sept 2... Could you clarify? – Fabby Sep 5 '15 at 9:44
  • Favour returned... – Fabby Sep 6 '15 at 19:46

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