Why did the -nodesktop startup option disappeared from the documentation?

On Windows one can run Matlab without the IDE by supplying the '-nodesktop' option to the matlab command.

However, neither the official documentation page:

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlabwindows.html

Nor

matlab -h

List this option. Is this intentionally undocumented or is this option deprecated?

Answer 1

[Philip Borghesani]

Short answer: -nodesktop has never been officially supported on Windows.

This blog may answer any further questions: Launching MATLAB without the desktop.

[Lockywolf]

-nodesktop is listed in my

matlab -h

(Matlab 2013a)

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2013a/matlab/ref/matlabwindows.html

Not documented for windows for your release but it is documented for Linux for your release.

Just because something shows up in a -help list does not mean that it is officially supported.