I have upgraded my Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04 and have installed Xfce which I'd like to set as the default DE when logging into my system. However, everytime I login with Xfce and logout, Ubuntu forgets Xfce as the default DE and goes back to the option Ubuntu (Unity).

Following How do I set the default desktop environment on 18.04 (Bionic)?

I tried

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

in the terminal. However, what I get is

There are 3 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager). Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------ 0 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/startxfce4 50 manual mode
* 3 /usr/bin/xfce4-session 40 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 

which apparently indicates that Xfce should be the default DE which is not the case. Any help would be appreciated.

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check cat /var/lib/AccountsService/users/your-username. Make sure that XSession is set to xfce.

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