Except when you customize a variable and click save for future sessions or apply and save, all the customized variables including the hacked connection local alist variables will be dumped to the customs file. On 4 Jun 2023 at 12:42 PM +0100, Michael Albinus , wrote: > Jimmy Wong writes: > > Hi, > > > I have since found out that simply M-x load-library tramp will have > > these connection-local-*-alist variables set without haven’t done > > anything. > > Yes, that's intended. But nothing should have been written to your init > file with this scenario. > > Best regards, Michael.