How can I stop indexing under Synology DSM 7.0 permanently?

I recently upgraded to version 7.0 and the previously working permanent disable process as in https://mariushosting.com/how-to-disable-or-uninstall-synology-universal-search/ does not work anymore because the command synoservicecfg doesn't exist anymore. In "Universal Search" -> "Indexed Folder" -> "Synology Drive" there is an entry for my backup folder but it cannot be deleted or modifed (only the arbitrary name can be modified). Indexing takes too much time and is not needed.

Any ideas how to disable?

Please note that after shutdown and boot again, the setting "stop indexing permanently" has gone.

Note: with version7.0 there is no synoservice command anymore


A solution is proposed in the bug-report Does not work on DSM 7 #3:

In DSM 7 synoservice has been replaced by systemctl.

Therefore it is necessary to modify the line 111 in syno-webdav-keeweb/synoWebdavKeeweb.sh:

synoservice --restart pkgctl-WebDAVServer

by:

sudo systemctl restart pkgctl-WebDAVServer

In that spirit, the command to disable SynoFinder is:

sudo systemctl disable pkgctl-SynoFinder

(I cannot test since I don't have Synology.)


I made a Scheduled Task. Open Control Panel, Task Scheduler, choose Create -> Trigered Task -> User defined script.

In General tab:

  • Task name disable indexing
  • Choose User root
  • Event: Boot-up.

In Task Settings tab, Run command, user-defined script put:

/usr/syno/bin/synopkg stop SynoFinder