Quan sortiu, el & kde; recordarà quines aplicacions estaven obertes, així com la seva mida i ubicació a la pantalla, de manera que les puga tornar a obrir durant el pròxim accés al sistema. Aquesta característica es coneix com a Gestió de sessions. Les aplicacions & kde; retornaran al seu anterior estat abans de que sortíssiu. Per exemple, el & kate; recorda quins fitxers estava editant.
When you log out, & kde; can remember which applications you had open, as well as where all the windows were located, so that it can open them for you the next time you log in. This feature is termed Session Management. & kde; -aware applications will restore themselves to the state they were in when you logged out. For example, & kate; remembers which files you were editing.