Start lynx without DISPLAY or -display set, then enter something from the Options screen (old or new) for the "(D)ISPLAY variable" / "X Display" setting. Or start with $DISPLAY or -display set. However it got there - once set, there's no way to get rid of it completely. The old-style Options screen gives at least a warning that something went wrong: "Failed to clear DISPLAY variable!". The new one seems to quietly ignore changes it doesn't like. This seems to be a long-standing bug, back to at least 2.8.1. Possibly since LY[gs]etXDisplay functions were introduced. (A 2.7.1ac-0.91 I keep for reference acts as expected.) Note I'm not talking about the "Value accepted! -- WARNING: Lynx is NOT configured for XWINDOWS!" message, which is part of acting as expected if lynx was started without $DISPLAY or -display. Klaus